title: The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film)
text: # The Cricket on the Hearth (1923 film)
  
  The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lorimer Johnston and starring Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, and Paul Gerson.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Josef Swickard as Caleb Plummer
  * Fritzi Ridgeway as Bertha Plummer
  * Paul Gerson as John Perrybingle
  * Virginia Brown Faire as Dot Marley
  * Paul Moore as Edward Plummer
  * Lorimer Johnston as Josiah Tackleton
  * Margaret Landis as May Fielding
  * Joan Standing as Tillie Slowboy
  
  ## Preservation
  
  Prints of The Cricket on the Hearth are in the Archives Du Film Du CNC in Bois d'Arcy, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library of Congress.
  
  