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A Child of the Ghetto (S)

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Original title

A Child of the Ghetto

Year

1910

Running time

16 min.

Country

United States

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Cast

Cinematography

G.W. Bitzer, Arthur Marvin (B&W)

Producer

Biograph Company

Genre

Drama | Short Film. Silent Film. Melodrama. Origins of Film

Synopsis

After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side and hides in the country where a young farmer takes her in and they fall in love.

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A Child of the Ghetto (S)

1910

D.W. Griffith

5.6

(26)