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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Directed by	J. Stuart Blackton
Written by	Charles Dickens; Eugene Mullin
Based on	Oliver Twist; 1837 novel; by Charles Dickens
Produced by	J. Stuart Blackton
Starring	Edith Storey
Release date	May 1, 1909;
Country	United States
Languages	silent film; English intertitles

Oliver Twist is a 1909 American film and the first film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist.^[1] It starred Edith Storey as Oliver Twist, Elita Proctor Otis as Nancy, and William J. Humphrey as Fagin.^[2] It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

The film was made by Vitagraph Studios and marketed with emphasis on the participation of Elita Proctor Otis, who was said to have made the role of Nancy "famous throughout the world".^[3]

Plot summary edit

Cast edit

Edith Storey - Oliver
William Humphrey - Fagin
Elita Proctor Otis - Nancy Sykes

References edit

^ Alan Goble (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 893. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
^ "Oliver Twist (1909)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ Richard DeCordova (2001). Picture Personalities: The Emergence of the Star System in America. University of Illinois Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-252-07016-7.