Bread (1918 film)

Bread is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Edward Cecil and Kenneth Harlan.^[1]

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
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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

• Mary MacLaren as Candace Newby
• Kenneth Harlan as Dick Frothingham
• Edward Cecil as Arnold Train
• Gladys Fox as Estelle Payne
• Louis Morrison as Emil Krause