''Children of the Ghetto'' is a 1915
William Fox film with Broadway star
Wilton Lackaye
Wilton Lackaye (September 30, 1862 – August 22, 1932) was an American stage and film actor, who originated the role of Svengali (from the 1895 novel ''Trilby'') in both stage and film.
Early life
William Andrew Lackey was born in Loudoun Count ...
.
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill (21 January 18641 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and be ...
wrote the story.
Frank Powell
Frank Powell (born Francis William Powell, May 8, 1877) was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States."Ontario Births, 1869-1912", digital copy of original h ...
directed.
Advertisements for the film are extant.
The film was based on Zangwill's ''The Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel'' (London, 1892) and his play Children of the Ghetto (New York, October 16, 1899).
See also
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The Girls of the Ghetto
''The Girls of the Ghetto'' is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on Bella, who works in a sweatshop and save enough money to have her little sisters emigrate to New York. John Magie encount ...
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References
Films directed by Frank Powell
1915 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent films
1915 films
1910s American films
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