Less Than the Dust

Less Than the Dust

93 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1916

Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes back to England to tend to the estate of an uncle who has just died. Then, Ramlan, the sword maker who raised Radha, is arrested for taking part in an anti-British uprising, and before he goes to jail, he decides to tell Radha the story of her birth, her real father, Captain Brooke, died of a drug overdose, and her destitute mother then entrusted her to Ramlan. After learning about her background, Radha goes to England to claim her rightful inheritance from the estate of her late grandfather, who is also Raymond's uncle. Raymond is delighted to discover that his Hindu friend is really a white woman, and after dividing the estate with Radha, he brings the fortune back together by marrying her.

Less Than the Dust

93 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1916

Less Than the Dust
Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes back to England to tend to the estate of an uncle who has just died. Then, Ramlan, the sword maker who raised Radha, is arrested for taking part in an anti-British uprising, and before he goes to jail, he decides to tell Radha the story of her birth, her real father, Captain Brooke, died of a drug overdose, and her destitute mother then entrusted her to Ramlan. After learning about her background, Radha goes to England to claim her rightful inheritance from the estate of her late grandfather, who is also Raymond's uncle. Raymond is delighted to discover that his Hindu friend is really a white woman, and after dividing the estate with Radha, he brings the fortune back together by marrying her.
Producers Mary Pickford Company
Original title Less Than the Dust
Directors Edwin L. Hollywood, Emmett J. Flynn, John Emerson, Erich von Stroheim
Writers Hector Turnbull

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Radha

David Powell

as Capt. Richard Townsend

Frank Losee

as Capt. Bradshaw

Mary Alden

as Mrs. Bradshaw

Mario Majeroni

as Ramlan

Cesare Gravina

as Jawan

Francis Joyner

as A Derelict

Russell Bassett

as Ahmed

Morgan Walters

as Bhesstie

Merceita Esmond

as A Gossip (as Mercita Esmonde)