A Child of the Ghetto (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 16 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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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 she meets a young farmer.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-06-06

Running time

16 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Dorothy West
• Kate Bruce
• Dell Henderson
• Charles West
• W. Chrystie Miller
• George Nichols
• Henry B. Walthall
• Clara T. Bracy

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