Oliver Twist (1912 British film)

1912 film by Thomas Bentley

Oliver Twist

Ivy Millais as Oliver Twist and John McMahon as Fagin

Directed by| Thomas Bentley
Written by|

* Charles Dickens (novel)
* Thomas Bentley

Based on| Oliver Twist
1837 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced by| Cecil Hepworth
Starring|

* Ivy Millais
* Alma Taylor
* Harry Royston

Production
company

Hepworth Pictures

Distributed by| Hepworth Pictures

Release date

* September 1912 (1912-09)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Oliver Twist is a 1912 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Ivy Millais, Alma Taylor and Harry Royston. It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It was the directorial debut of Bentley who went on to become a leading British director. It was the first in a series of Dickens adaptations by Bentley.

## Plot summary

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## Cast

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* Ivy Millais as Oliver Twist[1]
* Alma Taylor as Nancy
* John McMahon as Fagin
* Harry Royston as Bill Sykes
* Flora Morris as Rose Maylie
* Mr. Rivary as Mr. Brownlow
* Willie West as Artful Dodger

## Bibliography

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* Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel . Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000
* Mee, John. The Cambridge Introduction to Charles Dickens. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

## References

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1. ^ "Ivy Millais". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

## External links

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* Oliver Twist at IMDb
* Oliver Twist at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Thomas Bentley

* Oliver Twist (1912)
* David Copperfield (1913)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1913)
* The Chimes (1914)
* Hard Times (1915)
* Barnaby Rudge (1915)
* Milestones (1916)
* Beau Brocade (1916)
* The Labour Leader (1917)
* Daddy (1917)
* Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
* The Divine Gift (1918)
* Once Upon a Time (1918)
* The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
* General Post (1920)
* Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
* The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
* A Master of Craft (1922)
* Through Fire and Water (1923)
* Wanted, a Boy (1924)
* Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
* Love and Hate (1924)
* Chappy—That's All (1924)
* Money Isn't Everything (1925)
* A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
* White Heat (1926)
* The Silver Lining (1927)
* Not Quite a Lady (1928)
* Young Woodley (1928)
* The American Prisoner (1929)
* Harmony Heaven (1930)
* Young Woodley (1930)
* Compromising Daphne (1931)
* Hobson's Choice (1931)
* Keepers of Youth (1932)
* After Office Hours (1932)
* Sleepless Nights (1933)
* Hawley's of High Street (1933)
* The Love Nest (1933)
* The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
* Those Were the Days (1934)
* The Great Defender (1934)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
* Royal Cavalcade (1935)
* Music Hath Charms (1935)
* She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
* The Angelus (1937)
* Silver Blaze (1937)
* The Last Chance (1937)
* Night Alone (1938)
* Marigold (1938)
* Me and My Pal (1939)
* Lucky to Me (1939)
* Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
* The Middle Watch (1940)
* Three Silent Men (1940)
* Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

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Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist

Characters|

* Oliver Twist
* Bill Sikes
* Fagin
* Mr Brownlow
* Nancy
* Rose Maylie
* Monks
* The Artful Dodger
* Charley Bates
* Mr Sowerberry
* Mr. Bumble

Film adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1909)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1916)
* Oliver Twist (1919)
* Oliver Twist (1922)
* Oliver Twist (1933)
* Oliver Twist (1948)
* Oliver! (1968)
* Oliver Twist (1974)
* Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist (1987)
* Oliver Twist (2005)

Film retellings|

* Manik (1961)
* Chitti Tammudu (1962)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* Twisted (1996)
* Twist (2003)
* Boy Called Twist (2004)
* Twist (2021)

TV adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)
* Oliver Twist (1982 American-British TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1982 Australian TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)
* Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (1997 TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)

Play|

* Oliver! (1960)

Songs|

* "As Long as He Needs Me"
* "Consider Yourself"
* "Food, Glorious Food"
* "I'd Do Anything"
* "Oliver!"
* "Oom-Pah-Pah"
* "Where Is Love?"
* "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"
* "Be Back Soon"

Related|

* Oliver! (soundtrack to the 1968 film)
* Oliver & Company (soundtrack to Oliver & Company)
* Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 TV series retelling)
* Fagin the Jew (2003 graphic novel)
* Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972 TV film)
* I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series)
* Dodger (2022 TV series)
* The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

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