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Fanchon, the Cricket

6.8 75 mins Drama   1915
Famous Players Film Company  
Director(s): James Kirkwood

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.

Casts of Fanchon, the Cricket

Mary Pickford

as Fanchon, the Cricket

Jack Standing

as Landry

Lottie Pickford

as Madelon

Dick Lee

as Didier (as Richard Lee)

Russell Bassett

as Landry's Father (uncredited)

Gertrude Norman

as Fadet (uncredited)

Jack Pickford

as Young Bully (uncredited)

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