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 byIda May Park
Written byEvelyn Campbell
Ida May Park
StarringMary MacLaren
Edward Cecil
Kenneth Harlan
CinematographyKing D. Gray
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1918 (1918-09-01)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Though only a partial print is known to survive,[2] in 2020 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Kornhaber p.69
  2. ^ "Park vs. Prominence: How Bread (1918) Speaks for Women of the Silent Era". Screen Culture. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-30.

Bibliography

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  • Donna Kornhaber. Silent Film: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2020.
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