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Rosa Rosanova
Rosa Rosanova (June 23, 1869 – May 29, 1944) was a Russian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in numerous American films as a starring or supporting actress in the 1920s and 1930s Biography Born in Russia, Rosanova completed her schooling at age 16 in Moscow. As an actress, she toured with the Svatloff repertory company in Russia, and in 1906 travelled to the United States touring with the Orlanoff company. She immigrated to the United States some time before the Russian Revolution. Like Vera Gordon, Rosanova frequently portrayed Jewish mothers in early American silent films. Rosanova starred as such a character in '' Hungry Hearts'' (1922), ''His People'' (1925) and '' Lucky Boy'' (1929). In a 1929 profile, the ''Santa Ana Register'' described Rosanova's performance in ''Hungry Hearts'' as "a powerful characterization that was the outstanding performance of filmdom." In her book ''You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother'', Joyce Antle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood And Sand (1922 Film)
''Blood and Sand'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and Nita Naldi. It was based on the 1909 Spanish novel ''Sangre y arena'' (''Blood and Sand'') by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and the play version of the book by Thomas Cushing. Plot Juan Gallardo (Valentino), a village boy born into poverty, grows up to become one of the greatest matadors in Spain. He marries a friend from his childhood, the beautiful and virtuous Carmen (Lee), but after he achieves fame and fortune he finds himself drawn to Doña Sol (Naldi), a wealthy, seductive widow. They embark on a torrid affair with sadomasochistic overtones, but Juan, feeling guilty over his betrayal of Carmen, tries to free himself of Doña Sol. Furious at being rejected, she exposes their affair to Carmen and Juan's mother, seemingly destroying his marriage. Growing more and more miserable and dissipated, Juan becomes reckless in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Younger Generation
''The Younger Generation'' is a 1929 American part-talkie drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Ricardo Cortez. It was produced by Jack Cohn for Columbia Pictures. It was Capra's first sound film. While mostly silent, the film has talking sequences, as well as a synchronized music score and sound effects. The screenplay was adapted from a 1927 Fannie Hurst play, ''It Is to Laugh''. Plot The child of Jewish immigrants, Morris Goldfish (Ricardo Cortez) finds success as an art dealer. He moves his family to Fifth Avenue and changes his name to Maurice Fish. There, he finds his family to be damaging to his social status. In the end he finds that there is more to life than money. Cast * Jean Hersholt as Julius (Pa) Goldfish * Lina Basquette as Birdie Goldfish * Ricardo Cortez as Morris Goldfish * Rex Lease as Eddie Lesser * Rosa Rosanova as Tilda (Ma) Goldfish * Syd Crossley as Goldfish's Butler * Joe Bordeaux as Crook (uncredited) * Ferike Boros as Delancey Street Woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abie's Irish Rose (1928 Film)
''Abie's Irish Rose'' is a 1928 early talking (part-talkie) film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, and J. Farrell MacDonald. It is based on the 1922 play ''Abie's Irish Rose'' by Anne Nichols. The film was later remade in 1946. Plot A Jewish boy, Abie Levy (Rogers), falls in love with and secretly marries Rosemary Murphy (Carroll), an Irish Catholic girl, but lies to his family, saying that she's Jewish. The fathers of both bride and groom are at first religiously bigoted toward the other but with the birth of twin grandchildren, their antagonism fades. Cast *Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Abie Levy *Nancy Carroll as Rosemary Murphy *Jean Hersholt as Solomon Levy *J. Farrell MacDonald as Patrick Murphy *Bernard Gorcey as Isaac Cohen * Ida Kramer as Mrs. Isaac Cohen *Nick Cogley as Father Whalen * Camillus Pretal as Rabbi Jacob Samuels *Rosa Rosanova as Sarah Preservation status Only reels 3-6 and 9-12 survive of this film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shamrock And The Rose
''The Shamrock and the Rose'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, and Edmund Burns.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 92 It was one of a series of film presenting inter-community romance between Irish Americans and Jewish Americans. Plot On the East Side of New York City, feuding families the Cohens and the Kellys own an ice cream and a hot dog A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced Hot dog bun, bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausag ... stand respectively, but their children have fallen in love. Cast References Bibliography * Ruth Barton. ''Irish National Cinema''. Routledge, 2004. * Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasure Before Business
''Pleasure Before Business'' is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Max Davidson and Virginia Brown Faire. The film was produced and distributed by then upstart studio Columbia Pictures. Preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'' c.1978 published by The American Film Institute Cast * Pat O'Malley as Dr. Burke *Virginia Browne Faire as Ruth Weinberg *Max Davidson as Sam Weinberg *Rosa Rosanova Rosa Rosanova (June 23, 1869 – May 29, 1944) was a Russian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in numerous American films as a starring or supporting actress in the 1920s and 1930s Biography Born in Russia, Rosanova completed he ... as Sarah Weinberg *Lester Bernard as Morris Fishbein * Tom McGuire as Scotchman *Jack Raymond as Louie *Henri Menjou as Captain References External links * allmovie/synopsis: ''Pleasure Befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake The Plumber
''Jake the Plumber'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Jesse De Vorska, Sharon Lynn and Rosa Rosanova.Munden p.391 Synopsis The film follows the adventures of Jake, a Jewish apprentice to the Irish plumber Fogarty. Jake wants to earn enough money to marry Sarah, a jealous girl, who he is in love with. The chance comes when he has to substitute for a jockey in a big horse race. Cast * Jesse De Vorska as Jake, the Plumber * Sharon Lynn as Sarah Levine * Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Levine * Ann Brody as Mrs. Schwartz * Bud Jamison William Edward "Bud" Jamison (February 15, 1894 – September 30, 1944)Okuda, Ted, and Edward Watz. 1999. The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-reel Hollywood Film Comedies 1933–1958'. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. . was an American film actor. ... as Fogarty * Carol Holloway as Mrs. Levis * William H. Tooker as Mr. Levis * Dolores Brinkman as Sadie Rosen * Eddie Harris as Poppa Levine * Fanchon Frankel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by Elizabeth Meehan and John Russell. The film stars Lois Moran, Lya De Putti, Jack Mulhall, William Collier, Jr., Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Leo Feodoroff, and Rosa Rosanova. The film was released on November 20, 1926, by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' by Dixie Willson, subsequently remade by Paramount British as a sound film ''Ebb Tide'' in 1932. Cast *Lois Moran as Mary * Lya De Putti as Cassie Lang *Jack Mulhall as Steve Doren * William Collier, Jr. as Barney Tapman *Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Ma Tapman *Leo Feodoroff as Andre Dufour *Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Dufour *Claude Brooke as The Florist Preservation With no prints of ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman's Faith
''A Woman's Faith'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and C.R. Wallace. It is based on the 1925 novel ''Miracle'' by Clarence Budington Kelland. The film stars Alma Rubens, Percy Marmont, Jean Hersholt, ZaSu Pitts, Hughie Mack, and Cesare Gravina. The film was released on August 9, 1925, by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine, Donovan Steele (Marmont), returned to Quebec to get married, finds his fiancée in the arms of another. Deceived by his fiance, He disappears into the heart of the Canadian wilderness to wander and soon becomes known as "the man who denies god". He is recognized by Leandre Turcot (Beranger), whom he once had saved in a log jam. Turcot insists that Steele stay with him at the home of his aged parents. Here Steele encounters Nerée Caron (Rubens), Turcot’s cousin. The young woman is a fugitive from justice, being accused by her uncle, Xavier Caron (Turner), of murdering h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When A Girl Loves (1924 Film)
''When a Girl Loves'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Agnes Ayres, Percy Marmont, and Robert McKim. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ... reduces the Boroff family to poverty. Sasha Boroff, in love with Count Michael, is saved from a forced marriage to Rogojin by the latter's sudden death. The Boroff's immigrate to the United States, where Sasha agrees to wed the wealthy Dr. Godfrey Luke. At a concert she recognizes Michael when she hears him sing, he having been reported dead. However, he is married. A love affair between Dr. Luke and Michael's wife results in a shooting affray between the ex-Count and Luke. They miss each other, but Sasha is wounded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virgin (film)
''The Virgin'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Alan James and starring Kenneth Harlan, Dorothy Revier, and Sam De Grasse.Munden p. 859 It is inspired by the poem ''The Virgin of San Blas'' by Julio Sabello. Cast * Kenneth Harlan as David Kent * Dorothy Revier as Maía Valdez * Sam De Grasse as Ricardo Ruiz * Frank Lackteen as Ricardo's Valet * Rosa Rosanova as The Widow Montez * Alice Lake as Rosa Montez * Walter Hiers as Sam Hawkins * Nell Clark Keller as The Duenna * Lois Scott as The Maid * J.P. Lockney as Major-domo * Cesare Gravina Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1929. Born in Naples, Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conduct ... as The Money Lender References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lover Of Camille
''The Lover of Camille'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, and starring Monte Blue. The film was based on the French play '' Deburau'' by Sacha Guitry, which was also adapted into a Broadway play by Harley Granville-Barker Harley Granville-Barker (25 November 1877 – 31 August 1946) was an English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist. After early success as an actor in the plays of George Bernard Shaw, he increasingly turned to directi .... Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Jean Gaspard Deburau (Blue), the clown of a pantomime theatre in Paris, is the idol of the populace. In a box is an attractive woman who waits for him after the show. Immediately he falls in love with her. After a time he return to find his own wife has left him for his friend Robillard (Lewis). To the woman, Marie (Prevost), Deburau’s love has been but a passing thing, and returning to her he finds her in the arms o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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