His People
1925 film directed by Edward Sloman
- November 1, 1925 (1925-11-01)
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His People (also known as Proud Heart) is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman about a young, Jewish boxer growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.[2] According to film historian Lester Friedman, “Sloman portrays immigrant life in America.”[3]
Cast
- Rudolph Schildkraut as David Cominsky
- Rosa Rosanova as Rose Cominsky
- Robert Gordon as Sammy Cominsky, as a Child (credited as Bobby Gordon)
- George J. Lewis as Sammy Cominsky (credited as George Lewis)
- Albert Bushaland as Morris Cominsky, as a Child
- Arthur Lubin as Morris Cominsky
- Jean Johnston as Mamie Shannon, as a Child
- Blanche Mehaffey as Mamie Shannon
- Kate Price as Kate Shannon
- Virginia Brown Faire as Ruth Stein
- Nat Carr as Chaim Barowitz
- Bertram Marburgh as Judge Nathan Stein (credited as Betram Marburgh)
- Edgar Kennedy as Thomas Nolan
- Harry Tenbrook as Mike
- Charles Sullivan as The Champion
- Sidney Franklin as Levensky
- Rolfe Sedan as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Score
In 2004, Paul Shapiro wrote a score for the film.[4]
In 2007 Peter Rothbart, a professor of music at Ithaca College wrote a score for the film.[3]
Preservation
A print of His People is preserved at the Library of Congress.[2]
References
- ^ Box Office Information for His People
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: His People at silentera.com
- ^ a b FLEFF Screening of Silent Film on Immigrant Life Will Feature World Premiere of Original Score
- ^ "Films/His People". Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to His People.
- His People at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- His People at IMDb
- National Center for Jewish Film: His People
- Review of film at Variety
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Films directed by Edward Sloman
- Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916)
- The Twinkler (1916)
- Fair Enough (1918)
- Molly of the Follies (1919)
- The Westerners (1919)
- The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)
- Blind Youth (1920)
- The Sagebrusher (1920)
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920)
- Burning Daylight (1920)
- The Ten Dollar Raise (1921)
- The Other Woman (1921)
- Pilgrims of the Night (1921)
- Shattered Idols (1922)
- Backbone (1923)
- The Eagle's Feather (1923)
- The Last Hour (1923)
- The Price of Pleasure (1925)
- His People (1925)
- The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
- Butterflies in the Rain (1926)
- The Old Soak (1926)
- Surrender! (1927)
- Alias the Deacon (1928)
- The Foreign Legion (1928)
- We Americans (1928)
- Girl on the Barge (1929)
- The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
- The Kibitzer (1930)
- Hell's Island (1930)
- Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
- Soldiers and Women (1930)
- The Conquering Horde (1931)
- Gun Smoke (1931)
- Murder by the Clock (1931)
- Caught (1931)
- His Woman (1931)
- Wayward (1932)
- There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
- A Dog of Flanders (1935)
- The Jury's Secret (1938)
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