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

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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.

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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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