Her Bitter Cup (1916)
Rethna works hard to organize her fellow factory employees against the miserly, uncaring owner, Henry Burke. Then, realizing that she needs money to fight Burke, she begins an affair with his unscrupulous son Harry.
- Date of release
- 1916-04-17
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Cleo Madison
Casting
- Cleo Madison — Rethna
- Adele Farrington — Mary McDougal
- William V. Mong — Henry Burke
- Edward Hearn — Walter Burke
- Ray Hanford — Factory Foreman
- Lule Warrenton — Boardinghouse Woman
- Willis Marks
- Margaret Whistler
Interesting facts
Her Bitter Cup is a 1916 American silent film directed by Cleo Madison. One of only two feature-length films directed by Madison, she also played the leading role, a fervent labor organizer who uses drastic methods to finance her cause of improving the miserable lot of the workers in a factory.
Production
Once Cleo Madison achieved star status at Universal, she lobbied for and was given the chance to direct. After directing numerous short films in 1915, Madison directed two feature films, the second of which was Her Bitter Cup.
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