Children of the Ghetto (film)

{{Short description|1915 silent film by Frank Powell}}

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{{distinguish|A Child of the Ghetto}}

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Children of the Ghetto is a 1915 William Fox film with Broadway star Wilton Lackaye.{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/807?cxt=filmography|title=AFI|Catalog|website=catalog.afi.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4266/default.html|title=Children Of The Ghetto|first=Wilton|last=Lackaye|date=February 26, 1915|via=memory.loc.gov}} Israel Zangwill wrote the story. Production of the film by the Box Office Attractions Company began in late December 1914 at the Pathe Studio in New York.{{cite news |title=News of the Movies |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=January 2, 1915 |location=Sacramento, California |page=25 |via = Newspapers.com}} When presented for exhibition in late January 1915, it comprised five reels.{{cite news |title=Stageland Gossip |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=January 28, 1915 |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com}}

File:Children of the Ghetto (IA childrenghetto01zangrich).pdf Frank Powell directed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493650/children-of-the-ghetto/|title=Children of the Ghetto|website=Turner Classic Movies}} Advertisements for the film are extant.{{Cite web|url=https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/drama/children-of-the-ghetto-william-fox-1915-herald-4-x-11-drama/a/58074-54076.s|title=Children of the Ghetto (William Fox, 1915). Herald (4" X 11"). | Lot #54076|website=Heritage Auctions}}

The film was based on Zangwill's The Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel (London, 1892) and his play Children of the Ghetto (New York, October 16, 1899).