Less Than the Dust (1916)

ALL 11/04/1916 (en) Drama 93 Min
  • Release
    11/04/1916
  • Production
    Mary Pickford Company
  • Rotten tomato
    30%
  • Original title
    Less Than the Dust
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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MARY PICKFORD IN THE FIRST SUPERIOR PRODUCTION UNDER HER OWN ARTISTIC GUIDANCE

Overview

Young Hindu woman Radha, 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 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.

  1. John Emerson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Mary Pickford

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Mary Pickford

    Radha

  2. David Powell

    Capt. Richard Townsend

  3. Frank Losee

    Capt. Bradshaw

  4. Mary Alden

    Mrs. Bradshaw

  5. Mario Majeroni

    Ramlan

  6. Cesare Gravina

    Jawan

  7. Francis Joyner

    A Derelict

  8. Russell Bassett

    Ahmed

  9. Morgan Walters

    Bhesstie

  10. Merceita Esmond

    A Gossip (as Mercita Esmonde)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 8

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Less Than the Dust (1916) 93 Min

ALL 11/04/1916 (en)
Drama
  • Release 11/04/1916
  • Production
    Mary Pickford Company
  • Original title Less Than the Dust
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

MARY PICKFORD IN THE FIRST SUPERIOR PRODUCTION UNDER HER OWN ARTISTIC GUIDANCE

Overview

Young Hindu woman Radha, 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 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.

  1. John Emerson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Mary Pickford

    Producer