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Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921)

Oliver Twist, Jr. poster
Directed by
Millard Webb
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. It follows a poor orphan boy who endures difficult circumstances in 19th century London.

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What happens

Oliver Twist, Jr. is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb and starring Harold Goodwin, Lillian Hall, George Nichols, Harold Esboldt, Scott McKee, Clarence Wilson, and G. Raymond Nye. It is based on the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on March 13, 1921. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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