Summary:
Ostensibly a vehicle for Jackie Coogan, the 1922 Oliver Twist refuses to realign the Charles Dickens novel to accommodate the personality of its star. This Frank Lloyd-directed silent film is one of the most faithful of all cinematic adaptations of the Dickens work. The orphaned Oliver, labelled a "troublemaker" because he dares to ask for more food, is farmed out to work as ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jackie Coogan - (Oliver Twist)
Lon Chaney - (Fagin)
Gladys Brockwell - (Nancy Sikes)
George Siegmann - (Bill Sikes)
Lionel Belmore - (Mr. Brownlow)
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Review:
Along with MGM's David Copperfield, this 1922 silent version of Oliver Twist survived as perhaps Hollywood's most faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens. Not that Jackie Coogan is the very picture of the delicate little waif that the novelist originally described -- although the weight of the world is clearly visible in the child's e... Continue >>

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