The Auctioneer (1927)

Simon a young Jewish man emigrating to the US adopts the daughter of a dying woman on the ship After he settles in the US he eventually builds up a successful business as a pawnbroker and auctioneer His adopted daughter Ruth falls in love with a young Wall Street broker and her father invests his fortune in the young mans firm However a crooked broker at the firm causes Simon to lose all his money and he must start all over again He sets out to track down the crooked broker and get his money back