An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Oliver Twist 1933 HD by William J. Cowen | Irving Pichel, Dickie Moore & Doris Lloyd & Bill Sikes | Drama Film
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Oliver Twist is a 1933 in film American film directed by William J. Cowen. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s popular novel Oliver Twist and was the first sound version of the classic. It stars Irving Pichel as Fagin, Dickie Moore (actor) as Oliver, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William “Stage” Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive.
Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. It never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s.
Plot
An orphan boy in 1830’s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Differences from novel
Despite the fact that the Sowerberrys and Noah Claypole appear in the cast list, the entire Sowerberry sequence is omitted from this film, as is Monks, Oliver’s half-brother. Rose Maylie becomes Brownlow’s daughter in this version, and it is Brownlow’s house that Sikes attempts to rob. It is possible that early releases of this film did include Noah Claypole and the Sowerberrys.
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