The Cricket on the Hearth
Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
Top Cast

Josef Swickard
as Caleb Plummer
Caleb Plummer

Fritzi Ridgeway
as Bertha Plummer
Bertha Plummer

Virginia Brown Faire
as Dot Marley
Dot Marley
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