Romance of a Jewess (1908)
1908 · Silent film · 12 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
- Comedy
Synopsis
Ruth Simonson, with her father, is seen kneeling at the bedside of her mother, whose sands of life are rapidly ebbing. Realizing her end near, Mrs. Simonson takes from her neck a chain and locket and places it around the neck of her daughter, Ruth, with the prayerful injunction that she be ever guided in the path of prudence and virtue by this memorial. Commending her to the care of her father, the old lady goes to meet her Master in the Great Beyond. Two years later we find Ruth assisting her…
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Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Studio
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Released
- 1908-10-23
- Running time
- 12 minutes
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Florence Lawrence
George Gebhardt
Gladys Egan
Mack Sennett
