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  George J. Lewis and Blanche Mehaffey.
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His People
Also known as Proud Heart in the USA
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8983 feet
Directed by Edward Sloman

Cast: Rudolph Schildkraut [Rabbi David Cominsky], Rosa Rosanova [Rosie Cominsky], George Lewis (George J. Lewis) [Sammy Cominsky], Arthur Lubin [Morris Cominsky], Blanche Mehaffey [Mamie Shannon], Bobby Gordon (Robert Gordon) [Sammy Cominsky, as a child], Albert Bushaland [Morris Cominsky, as a child], Jean Johnson [Mamie Shannon, as a child], Kate Price [Kate Shannon], Virginia Brown Faire [Ruth Stein], Nat Carr [Chaim Barowitz], Bertram Marburgh [Judge Nathan Stein], Edgar Kennedy [Thomas Nolan], Harry Tenbrook [Mike], Charles Sullivan [the champion], Sidney Franklin [Levensky], Rolfe Sedan [a dinner guest]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Charles E. Whittaker and Alfred A. Cohn, from a screen story by Isadore Bernstein. Cinematography by Max Dupont. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 17 November 1925 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP22021]. Premiered 1 November 1925 in New York, New York. Released [?] 15 November or 27 December? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Jew.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 47.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Children - College students - Irish - Jews - Sports: Boxing - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 26 January 2025.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 162, 163, 580; Edmonds-BigU p. 141; Everson-American p. 337; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 43; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 47; Slide-Aspects p. 61 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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