Desc: The Cricket on the Hearth: Directed by Lorimer Johnston. With Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, Paul Gerson, Virginia Brown Faire. 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.