A Child of the Ghetto

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

0h 16m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

06 Jun 1910

Country

United States of America

Language

No Language

Director & Producers

D.W. Griffith
Director

Edwin S. Porter
Producer

Top Billed 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

Technical Team

Stanner E.V. Taylor
Writer

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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