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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 873

Oliver Twist

192274 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 74:01
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Frank Lloyd · Public domain

Synopsis

An orphan escapes harsh treatment in the countryside and reaches London, where apparent friendship introduces him to a group of young thieves. While Fagin prepares him for criminal work, other people pursue secrets about his birth and inheritance. Oliver's search for safety becomes entangled with adults whose kindness, greed and fear determine the paths open to him.

Cast

Lon Chaney

Jackie Coogan

DirectorsFrank Lloyd

Inspirations

Frank Lloyd's Dickens adaptation places Jackie Coogan opposite Lon Chaney as Fagin. A surviving print discovered decades later allowed the film's English intertitles to be reconstructed with help from people involved in the original production.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Lon Chaney — Unknown author · Public domain
Jackie Coogan — CBS-TV · Public domain

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