Young and wild Fanchon lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt girl suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputati... Read allYoung and wild Fanchon lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt girl 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 ... Read allYoung and wild Fanchon lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt girl 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, a... Read all
- Landry's Father
- (uncredited)
- Fadette
- (uncredited)
- Young Bully
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- George Sand
- James Kirkwood(uncredited)
- Frances Marion(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- Trivia2017 Prologue on Restored Film: "Mary Pickford died believing that Fanchon the Cricket, released in 1915, was among her lost films. She was devastated because she had actively tried to preserve her films and Fanchon was the only time she appeared with both her sister Lottie and her brother Jack.
In 2012, the Mary Pickford Foundation learned that a nitrate dupe of Fanchon the Cricket was preserved at La Cinemateque francaise, and conversations began that led to a unique partnership between the Pickford Foundation and the Cinemateque to restore the film. An incomplete nitrate print was preserved at the British Film Institute and, with their cooperation, we now had all the elements necessary for a successful restoration. L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in Italy then scanned the two nitrate elements directly at 4K resolution, and further digital restoration was performed. A new negative and 35MM prints were created from the restored digital version.
Colors were recreated by referring to the original tinting notes on the nitrate print and on the dupe negative leaders. The missing English intertitles have been reconstructed by translating from the French on the dupe negative. The digital mastering was completed at Roundabout Entertainment in Los Angeles.
Fanchon the Cricket captures Mary Pickford at the height of the popularity of her 'Waif' character. The film was directed by James Kirkwood, photographed by Edward Wynard and based on the novel by George Sand, adapted for the screen by James Kirkwood and Francis Marion."
- GoofsWhen Fanchon is howling to scare the women, they run to the men for safety. The men didn't hear the howling, though they're only a few feet away.
- Quotes
Landry Barbeau: I'll do anything you ask of me.
Fanchon - the Cricket: Then, kiss me!
- Crazy creditsOn ending credits of 2017 restoration: "Special Thanks to David Pierce."
- ConnectionsVersion of Fanchon the Cricket (1912)
In the book the waif becomes rather wealthy through an inheritance after her grandmother's death. Here, the fairy tale telling has the poor girl remain always in the rural existence, and poor, until...well, I'll not give the full elements of the plot. As I said, it's an adult fairy tale.
When Mary died in 1979 she thought this film was lost, and, as it had always been a fine memory for her, that was obviously a disappointment. Now found - from two sources - this is a wonderful addition to the Pickford canon. Also in the cast besides Mary are her sister Lottie, her brother Jack, Jack Standing, Gertrude Norman, Russell Bassett, Dick Lee, Alexander Gaden, and others.
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- Sep 16, 2020
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- Also known as
- Fanchon the Cricket
- Filming locations
- Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey, USA(location)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1