''Bread'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren,

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and Kenneth Harlan. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States

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by the

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as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Cast

* Mary MacLaren as Candace Newby * Kenneth Harlan as Dick Frothingham *

as Arnold Train * Gladys Fox as Estelle Payne * Louis Morrison as Emil Krause

References

Bibliography

* Donna Kornhaber. ''Silent Film: a Very Short Introduction''. Oxford University Press, 2020.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ida May Park Universal Pictures films United States National Film Registry films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub