
Less Than the Dust 1916
"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
Director: John Emerson
Cast

Mary Pickford
Radha

David Powell
Capt. Richard Townsend

Frank Losee
Capt. Bradshaw

Mary Alden
Mrs. Bradshaw
Mario Majeroni
Ramlan

Cesare Gravina
Jawan

Francis Joyner
A Derelict

Russell Bassett
Ahmed
Morgan Walters
Bhesstie
Merceita Esmond
A Gossip (as Mercita Esmonde)