Civilization's Child
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Charles Giblyn
Director
William H. Thompson
Boss Jim McManus
Anna Lehr
Berna
Jack Standing
Nicolay Turgenev
Dorothy Dalton
Ellen McManus
Clyde Benson
Jacob Weil
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
23,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
New York Motion Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
Triangle Film Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
Synopsis
After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician, and they soon have a child, but McManus' daughter Ellen falls in love with Nicolay after seeing him perform and convinces him to leave Berna. To make the separation legal, McManus, now a judge, grants Nicolay a divorce and also gives him custody of the child. Almost insane, Berna goes to McManus, denounces him at gunpoint and then kills him.
Director
Charles Giblyn
Director
Cast
William H. Thompson
Boss Jim McManus
Anna Lehr
Berna
Jack Standing
Nicolay Turgenev
Dorothy Dalton
Ellen McManus
Clyde Benson
Jacob Weil
J. P. Lockney
Peter Saranoff
J. Barney Sherry
Judge Sims
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
23,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
New York Motion Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
Triangle Film Corp.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
