Bread (1918 film)

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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
  • September 1, 1918 (1918-09-01)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
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]

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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

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

References

  1. ↑ Kornhaber p.69
  2. ↑ "Park vs. Prominence: How Bread (1918) Speaks for Women of the Silent Era". Screen Culture. April 29, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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