12 November 1917 Drama 50 mins
Spurred on by her young actor friend Pascal, Cricket, a young girl, accepts the starring role in a juvenile play. Her smashing success is overshadowed, however, by the death of her mother.
Watch the official The Cricket 1917 trailer in HD below.
Zoe Rae as The Cricket as a Child
Rena Rogers as The Cricker as an Adult
Fred Warren as Saveline
Harry Holden as Caesar
Winter Hall as Pinglet
George Hupp as Pascal as a Boy
Hallam Cooley as Pascal as an Adult
Gretchen Lederer as The Cricket's Mother
Wesley Barry as Theatre Student (uncredited)
Elizabeth Janes as Theatre Student (uncredited)
Irma Sorter as Violin Student (uncredited)
United States 12 November 1917
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