Bread (1918 film)
| Bread | |
|---|---|
Surviving footage from Bread | |
| Directed by | Ida May Park |
| Written by | Evelyn Campbell Ida May Park |
| Starring | Mary MacLaren Edward Cecil Kenneth Harlan |
| Cinematography | King D. Gray |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Bread is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Edward Cecil and Kenneth Harlan.[1]
Though only a partial print is known to survive,[2] in 2020 the surviving footage was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]
Plot
[edit]The film follows a woman attempting to pull herself out of poverty as she’s savagely exploited by men. Whilst the film ends abruptly, the remainder of the plot has been recorded.
Cast
[edit]- Mary MacLaren as Candace Newby
- Kenneth Harlan as Dick Frothingham
- Edward Cecil as Arnold Train
- Gladys Fox as Estelle Payne
- Louis Morrison as Emil Krause
References
[edit]- ^ Kornhaber p.69
- ^ "Park vs. Prominence: How Bread (1918) Speaks for Women of the Silent Era". Screen Culture. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
Bibliography
[edit]- Donna Kornhaber. Silent Film: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2020.
External links
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Categories:
- 1918 films
- 1918 drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Ida May Park
- Universal Pictures films
- United States National Film Registry films
- 1910s American films
- English-language drama films
- 1910s American film stubs