Children of the Ghetto (1915)

Directed by

Frank Powell

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1915 silent film tells a story set in a Jewish community. It follows characters based on Israel Zangwill's novel and play.

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What happens

Children of the Ghetto is a 1915 William Fox film with Broadway star Wilton Lackaye. Israel Zangwill wrote the story. Production of the film by the Box Office Attractions Company began in late December 1914 at the Pathe Studio in New York. When presented for exhibition in late January 1915, it comprised five reels. Frank Powell 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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