The Cricket on the Hearth

Aug 11, 1923

1h 22m

★ 0.0

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

Caleb Plummer

Josef Swickard

Bertha Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway

Dot Marley

Virginia Brown Faire

Josiah Tackleton

Lorimer Johnston

May Fielding

Margaret Landis

Tillie Slowboy

Joan Standing

John Peerybingle

Paul Gerson

Edward Plummer

Paul Moore

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