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A child of the ghetto
Title
A child of the ghetto [videorecording].
Published
Waltham, MA : National Center for Jewish Film, c2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (15 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1910.
"Copyright 1910 by Biograph Company, New York, N.Y."
"Directed by D.W. Griffith"--Container.
Silent with English intertitles.
Summary
After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owners̕ 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 a young farmer takes her in and they fall in love.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2010
System details note
Recorded DVD.
Subjects
Also listed under
Biograph Company.
National Center for Jewish Film.
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