Today is the birthday of ubiquitous child actor Dickie Moore (1925-2015), the kid who gave Shirley Temple her first ion-screen kiss (in Miss Annie Rooney, 1941). Moore made his screen debut at the age of 18 months; by the time he was ten he had appeared in 52 films. Before he aged out as a chld and youth actor in the Fifties, he appeard in over 100 films, including Blonde Venus, So Big, Gabriel Over the White House, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Sergeant York, Out of the Past, and in eight Our Gang comedies. Following his acting career, Moore taught, wrote books on acting, edited Equity News, and produced industrial films. In 1966, he founded Dick moore Associates, a public relations firm, which he ran for 44 years. His third wife was actress Jane Powell (married 1988 until his death). He died of dementia iat age 89.
Moore played the title character in Oliver Twist. Also featured were Irving Pichel as Fagin, William "Stage" Boyd" as Sykes, Doris Lloyd as Nancy Sykes, and Sonny Ray as The Artful Dodger. The film was directed by Willam J. Cowen from a script by Elizabeth Meehan.
"You can consider yourself at home, consider yourself one of the family," as you watch this non-musical version of the Charles Dickens classic.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdBBICtvkc8
I remember being terrified of this as a kid. "More, please" will haunt me forever.
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