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Movie poster: Oliver Twist (1922)
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Oliver Twist

1922 · 74 min Drama
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

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Year 1922
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Frank Lloyd
Runtime 74 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (15 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative through expressive pantomime and telling close-ups, relying on stark visual contrasts to map the journey from workhouse cruelty to potential redemption. It explores the social chasms of Dickens's London with a silent era's focus on physical performance and visual symbolism.

What lingers after the final reel is the stark power of early cinema to translate a literary classic into pure, moving image. A foundational piece of dramatic adaptation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Frank Lloyd

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