Little Dorrit is a lost 1920 British silent historical drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Lady Tree, Langhorn Burton and Joan Morgan. It is based on the 1857 Charles Dickens' novel of the same name. A few fragments totaling 18 minutes survive, and are featured in the documentary Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood. They've also been uploaded to YouTube.
The film tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her boss's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Cast
Lady Tree as Mrs. Clenman
Langhorn Burton as Arthur Clenman
Joan Morgan as Amy Dorrit
Compton Coutts as Pancks
Arthur Lennard as William Dorrit
J. Denton-Thompson as John Chivers
George Foley as Merdle
George Bellamy as Fred Dorrit
Arthur Walcott as Flintwick
Judd Green as Old Bob
Betty Doyle as Fanny Dorrit
Mary Lyle as Mrs. Merdle
References
Bibliography
Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.