Hard Times
Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
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Hard Times was directed by Thomas Bentley.
Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
The key characters in Hard Times are Gradgrind (Bransby Williams), Tom Gradgrind (Leon M. Lion), Louisa (Dorothy Bellew).
Hard Times is a Drama film.