Eli Eli (1940)

Mendel and Hannah Shapiro an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank by the next day to keep their farm Mendel calls their children Mollie in Philadelphia and Morris in New York to come right away His neighbor Michel believes that most children do not properly care for their parents and insinuates that Mendels children would not come to visit if they knew that their parents needed money Mendel however assures Michel that children are the best investment one can make