The Cricket on the Hearth

Top 8 Billed Cast

Josef Swickard
Josef Swickard

Caleb Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway
Fritzi Ridgeway

Bertha Plummer

Virginia Brown Faire
Virginia Brown Faire

Dot Marley

Lorimer Johnston
Lorimer Johnston

Josiah Tackleton

Margaret Landis
Margaret Landis

May Fielding

Joan Standing
Joan Standing

Tillie Slowboy

Paul Gerson
Paul Gerson

John Peerybingle

Paul Moore
Paul Moore

Edward Plummer

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