Bread is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Edward Cecil and Kenneth Harlan.Kornhaber p.69
Though only a partial print is known to survive, 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".
Plot 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 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
Bibliography Donna Kornhaber. Silent Film: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2020.
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