Hansel and Gretel

Overview

This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take them to the woods and there lose them. Gretel drops bread-crumbs to find her way home, but wild-fowl eat the crumbs and they are truly lost. The babes wander to the home of a witch, who would fatten them up to make ginger-bread of them. As they are about to be thrown into the blazing furnace Peggy outwits the witch, and, in turn, the witch is thrust into the roaring flames, as the mother, repentant, heads the neighbors in the work of rescue.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 26, 1923

Original language

English

Production

Century Film

Cast

Buddy Williams,Baby Peggy,James T. Kelley,Blanche Payson,Jack Earle

Director

Alfred J. Goulding

Writer

Wilhelm Grimm,Jacob Grimm

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0014114