A Child of the Ghetto

A Child of the Ghetto

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 6, 1910

Runtime

0h 16m

Genres

Drama

User Score

45%

Original Title

A Child of the Ghetto

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Director

D.W. Griffith

Description

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.