Film
A Child of the Ghetto
United States- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Year
- 1910
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.
Top cast
Dorothy West
Ruth
Kate Bruce
Ruth's Mother
Dell Henderson
The Proprietor
Charles West
The Proprietor's Son
W. Chrystie Miller
The Old Man
George Nichols
Officer Quinn
Henry B. Walthall
The Farmer
Clara T. Bracy
The Farm Woman
William J. Butler
In Second Shop
Charles Craig
In Sweatshop
Gladys Egan
Flower Girl
Frank Evans
Policeman
Francis J. Grandon
Doctor
Ruth Hart
In Second Shop
Guy Hedlund
In Sweatshop
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Written by
Stanner E.V. Taylor