A Child of the Ghetto

Overview

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.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Top cast

Dorothy West

Ruth

Kate Bruce

Ruth's Mother

Dell Henderson

The Proprietor

Charles West

The Proprietor's Son

W. Chrystie Miller

The Old Man

George Nichols

Officer Quinn

Henry B. Walthall

The Farmer

Clara T. Bracy

The Farm Woman

W

William J. Butler

In Second Shop

C

Charles Craig

In Sweatshop

Gladys Egan

Flower Girl

F

Frank Evans

Policeman

Francis J. Grandon

Doctor

R

Ruth Hart

In Second Shop

G

Guy Hedlund

In Sweatshop

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