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The Cricket on the Hearth
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The Cricket on the Hearth

Aug 11, 1923
1h 22m
★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Production Companies

Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Josef Swickard

Caleb Plummer

Josef Swickard

Fritzi Ridgeway

Bertha Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway

Virginia Brown Faire

Dot Marley

Virginia Brown Faire

Lorimer Johnston

Josiah Tackleton

Lorimer Johnston

Margaret Landis

May Fielding

Margaret Landis

Joan Standing

Tillie Slowboy

Joan Standing

Paul Gerson

John Peerybingle

Paul Gerson

Paul Moore

Edward Plummer

Paul Moore