The Ruling Power

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Lionel Belmore

Status Released

Release Date 1915-10-23

Storyline

Mr. Williams, a stern father and man of wealth, disinherits his son Hugh, for marrying Rose, a seamstress. Twenty years later, although Sose is practically supporting her sick husband, their little store is taken from them and they are obliged to move, with Martha, their daughter, to the tenement district.