Oliver Twist
About Oliver Twist
Vitagraph's short is the first film of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. Edith Storey plays Oliver, Elita Proctor Otis plays Nancy, and William J. Humphrey plays Fagin. J. Stuart Blackton directed. Eugene Mullin wrote the adaptation.
Cast & crew
More about Oliver Twist
The advertising stressed Elita Proctor Otis and the claim that she had made the role of Nancy famous.
Themes
In film history
The first screen version of Dickens's 1838 novel.
Notes
- Edith Storey, a woman, plays Oliver.
- A transcript related to the film is on Wikisource.
Influenced by
- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (1838)
