Less Than the Dust
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Emerson
Mary Pickford
David Powell
Frank Losee
Mary Alden
Mario Majeroni
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Radha, a young Hindu woman, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes back to England to tend to the estate of an uncle who has just died. Then, Ramlan, the sword maker who raised Radha, is arrested for taking part in an anti-British uprising, and before he goes to jail, he decides to tell Radha the true story of her birth: her real father, Captain Brooke, died of a drug overdose, and her destitute mother then entrusted her to Ramlan. After learning about her background, Radha goes to England to claim her rightful inheritance from the estate of her late grandfather, who is also Raymond's uncle. Raymond is delighted to discover that his Hindu friend is really a white woman, and after dividing the estate with Radha, he brings the fortune back together by marrying her.
Director
John Emerson
Cast
Mary Pickford
David Powell
Frank Losee
Mary Alden
Mario Majeroni
Cesare Gravina
Francis Joyner
Russell Bassett
Walter Morgan
Mercita Esmonde
Nathaniel Sack
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
This film was Artcraft Pictures Corp.'s first release, and the first production of the Mary Pickford Film Corp. According to modern sources, Emmett Flynn was an assistant director. New York Dramatic Mirror stated that the story was "inspired by the poem which Lawrence Hope included in his 'India's Love Lyric.'"
