The Triumph of the Weak (1918)

Directed by

Tom Terriss

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman steals food for her child and faces the consequences. She struggles to stay honest while narrowly escaping various dangers.

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What happens

The Triumph of the Weak is a 1918 Vitagraph American drama film that was directed by Tom Terriss, written by Garfield Thompson based upon a play by Edith Ellis and Forrest Halsey, and starring Alice Joyce. It is the story of a woman who steals to provide food for her child and the consequence which follow her act, the narrow escapes she has of the many pitfalls, in her efforts to live in the straight and narrow path. This film appears to be lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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