Skip to main content

Plot

This drama about a Jewish family on New York's Lower East side marked the screen debut of respected stage actor Rudolph Schildkraut (whose son, Joseph Schildkraut, would also become a stage and screen star). Rabbi Cominsky (Schildkraut) has been reduced to working as a pushcart peddler, but he and his wife, Rosie (Rosa Rosanova), scrimp and save so that their two sons can get an education. Morris (Arthur Lubin) grows up to become a successful lawyer, but Sammy (George Lewis) displeases his father by becoming a pugilist. Cominsky throws him out of the house, not realizing that Morris is the ungrateful one -- he has become engaged to his boss' daughter and, ashamed of his humble family, says he is an orphan. The old man becomes very ill and Sammy wins enough money in a prize fight to send him away to get well. While the father is away, Sammy confronts his brother, and Morris begs his family for forgiveness. Cominsky realizes that he misjudged Sammy and takes him back into the fold. Sammy, meanwhile, finds romance with Mamie Shannon (Blanche Mehaffey), a pretty Irish girl.
MPAA Rating:
Run Time:
90min.
Director(s):
Edward H. Sloman
Starring:
Rudolph Schildkraut , Rosa Rosanova , George Lewis , Bobby Gordon , Arthur Lubin