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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 782

Fanchon the Cricket

191573 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 72:33
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · James Kirkwood · Public domain

Synopsis

Fanchon lives apart from the village with her grandmother, surrounded by gossip and accusations of witchcraft. Saving a young man from drowning opens the possibility of love, but prejudice and family obligations complicate their relationship. Her loyalty must survive a separation that allows others to mistake delay for rejection.

Cast

Mary Pickford

Jack Standing

DirectorsJames Kirkwood

Inspirations

The story adapts George Sand's La Petite Fadette, placing a socially excluded young woman at the center of a rural romance. Mary Pickford plays Fanchon, whose practical kindness challenges the village's judgment of her.

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Mary Pickford — Rufus Porter Moody · Public domain
Jack Standing — none · Public domain

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