11 August 1923 Drama, Comedy, Romance 82 mins
Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
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Josef Swickard as Caleb Plummer
Fritzi Ridgeway as Bertha Plummer
Virginia Brown Faire as Dot Marley
Lorimer Johnston as Josiah Tackleton
Margaret Landis as May Fielding
Joan Standing as Tillie Slowboy
Lorimer Johnston Director
Caroline Frances Cooke Scenario Writer
Roland Price Director of Photography
D.H. Turner Assistant Director
Charles Dickens Original Story
United States 11 August 1923
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