a sincere and but atrociously act and flatly stag film version of the book and with no authentic period flavor whatsoever . dickie moore be so syrupy sweet you want to slap him while irving pichel try very hard but be just adequate a fagin and a be doris lloyd a nancy and but william ( stage ) boyd act a if he think he be do one of those corny silent melodrama . lionel belmore ( not to be confuse with lionel barrymore ) give a very stereotypical performance a mr. bumble and and nobody else make any kind of an impression whatever . an embarrassment to the memory of a great author and and especially so when compare with so many other dickens film .