Civilization's Child (1916)
50m
Running Time
April 23, 1916Release Date
Civilization's Child (1916)
50m
Running Time
April 23, 1916Release Date
Plot.
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,
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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