Fanchon, the Cricket (1915)
1915 · Silent film · 75 min · dir. James Kirkwood
- Drama
Synopsis
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. One day the girl rescues a boy from drowning and they fall in love, but Fanchon won't agree to marry him unless his father asks her. A year later the boy has fallen very ill and it is only the presence of the enchanting Fanchon that helps to restore his health.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- James Kirkwood
- Writer
- James Kirkwood
- Cinematography
- Edward Wynard
- Studio
- Famous Players Film Company
- Released
- 1915-05-10
- Running time
- 75 minutes
Cast & crew
James Kirkwood Director
Mary Pickford
Jack Standing
Lottie Pickford
Dick Lee
Russell Bassett
Gertrude Norman
Jack Pickford
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · cute film imagine Mary Pickford siting next to you watching this lost film. · josephs82 · 2023-02-02
This is a great film but I thought it was about a girl, and her pet Cricket, because of the name Fanchon the Cricket. Love this performance by Mary Pickford would have loved if Fox made this movie with Shirley Temple it would have been great as she did a lot of Pickfordina's films her world for her not mine the films she remade of Mary Pickford films 1 was the poor little rich girl Mary PIckford version was also called the poor little rich girl 2 Curly Top Mary Pickford version was Daddy Long legs 3 Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm Mary Pickford film is also called Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm 4 the…
★★★★★ · Fanchon · kenneth bryan smith · 2022-06-12
Wonderful to see this once lost film....the added music score distracts and it is best to watch mute.
