A Child of the Ghetto (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.
- Released
- 1910-06-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 16 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- D.W. Griffith
- TMDB rating
- 4.5/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Dorothy West as Ruth
- Kate Bruce as Ruth's Mother
- Dell Henderson as The Proprietor
- Charles West as The Proprietor's Son
- W. Chrystie Miller as The Old Man
- George Nichols as Officer Quinn
- Henry B. Walthall as The Farmer
- Clara T. Bracy as The Farm Woman
- William J. Butler as In Second Shop
- Charles Craig as In Sweatshop
- Gladys Egan as Flower Girl
- Frank Evans as Policeman