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Less Than the Dust

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Less Than the Dust
Directed byJohn Emerson
Edwin L. Hollywood(ass't director)
Erich von Stroheim(ass't director)
Written byHector Turnbull(scenario)
Produced byMary Pickford
StarringMary Pickford
CinematographyGeorge W. Hill
Music byEdward J. Howe
Distributed byArtcraft Pictures
Release date
  • November 5, 1916 (1916-11-05)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent(English intertitles)

Less than the Dust is a 1916 American silent feature film produced by and starring Mary Pickford with a release by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount Pictures. John Emerson directed and Eric von Stroheim was one of the assistant directors. There is a 35mm copy of this film that still survives.[1][2]

The film was released on 6 November 1916.[3]

Plot

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Radha is a lower-caste Hindu orphan girl, raised by Ramlan, a sword maker. Radha is taught English in the street by a religious character. Witnessing the scene, a British officer, Captain Townsend, offers her a book Less Than the Dust, and Other Indian Love Lyrics; he soon returns to England. Ramlan reveals to Radha that her father was in fact British, a certain Captain Brooke, who died of an opium overdose. Radha goes to England to claim her inheritance: it so happens that her grandfather is also Townsend's uncle and that he just died. Townsend soon marries Radha.

Cast

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Reception

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The Moving Picture World saluted Pickford's return to the screen after a few months hiatus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  2. ^ Less Than the Dust at silentera.com
  3. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. ^ "Less Than the Dust". Mary Pickford Foundation. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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