Film Record: Oliver Twist

Still image from Oliver Twist in American Cinematographer, Oct. 1942, 451.

Identifier:

• BR5222 (Source: IUCAT.iu.edu/catalog/6563740)

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

David Bradley

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

02:00:00

Length:

10 reels (4000 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

David Bradley's amateur feature film adaptation of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist.

Resources:

Record of the film at the BFI, with full production credits.

Bradley reflects on the making of Oliver Twist in "Problem of Making 10-Reel Feature Scenario Film" (American Cinematographer, Oct. 1942, 450-451, 459-461).

The film is also discussed in "16mm Department" (International Photographer, Nov. 1940, 24-25), and previewed in American Cinematographer (Sept. 1942, 414).

The film is a part of the Bradley Film Collection held by the Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive.

Locations:

• Chicago, Illinois (Filming)

Subjects:

• Work
•      Children
•      Criminals

Genre:

• Adaptation

Form:

• Feature

Tags:

Repository:

Bradley Film Collection, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

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