Less Than the Dust (1916)
MARY PICKFORD IN THE FIRST SUPERIOR PRODUCTION UNDER HER OWN ARTISTIC GUIDANCE
93 min
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.
- Data de estreia
- 4 de novembro de 1916
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Mary Pickford como Radha
- David Powell como Capt. Richard Townsend
- Frank Losee como Capt. Bradshaw
- Mary Alden como Mrs. Bradshaw
- Mario Majeroni como Ramlan
- Cesare Gravina como Jawan
- Francis Joyner como A Derelict
- Russell Bassett como Ahmed
- Walter Morgan como Bhesstie
- Merceita Esmond como A Gossip
Equipe
- John Emerson · Diretor(a)
- Hector Turnbull · Roteirista
- Mary Pickford · Produtor(a)
- Edward J. Howe · Compositor(a)
- George W. Hill · Diretor(a) de fotografia