The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 3.7 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a silent short film based on a Charles Dickens story. It follows a poor family who find comfort and guidance from a cricket that lives by their hearth.
heartfeltsentimentalgentlequietfamiliarnostalgicwarmhomey
What happens
The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is based on the 1845 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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