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The Cricket on the Hearth(1923)
Status: Released
Date: 1923-08-11
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Time: 1h 22m
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Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
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United States of America
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Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation
Movie: The Cricket on the Hearth
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Josef Swickard
Caleb Plummer
Fritzi Ridgeway
Bertha Plummer
Virginia Brown Faire
Dot Marley
Lorimer Johnston
Josiah Tackleton
Margaret Landis
May Fielding
Joan Standing
Tillie Slowboy
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Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
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1923-08-11
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