Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1923 · 1h 22m

The Cricket on the Hearth

Director

Cast

Josef Swickard as Caleb Plummer Fritzi Ridgeway as Bertha Plummer Virginia Brown Faire as Dot Marley Lorimer Johnston as Josiah Tackleton Margaret Landis as May Fielding Joan Standing as Tillie Slowboy

Crew

Roland Price — Director of Photography Paul Gerson — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

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Key Collaborators

Lorimer Johnston Director Roland Price Director of Photography Paul Gerson Producer

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