A Child of the Ghetto

A Child of the Ghetto

16 mins | Drama | June 6, 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.

A Child of the Ghetto

16 mins | Drama | June 6, 1910

A Child of the Ghetto
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.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title A Child of the Ghetto
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers

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

Francis J. Grandon

as Doctor

Ruth Hart

as In Second Shop

Guy Hedlund

as In Sweatshop