Oliver Twist (1933)

Oliver Twist (1933)

An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

Director: William J. Cowen
Writers: Charles Dickens (novel) Elizabeth Meehan (screenplay and dialogue)
Stars: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William 'Stage' Boyd

Trivia
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

Goofs
When Oliver is scrubbing the workhouse dining room floor, he looks up and smiles at the camera just before the bell goes for breakfast.

Quotes
[first lines]
Oliver's Mother: My baby, my boy. I want to see him.

Alternate versions
In the version usually shown on TV now, the entire sequence with the Sowerberrys and Noah Claypole is missing. This makes it seem as if Oliver runs away from the workhouse, not the undertaker's shop.

Connections
Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)