Abie's Irish Rose (1928 film)
Abie's Irish Rose is a 1928 early talking (part-talkie) film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, and J. Farrell MacDonald. It is based on the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose by Anne Nichols.[2] The film was later remade in 1946.
| Abie's Irish Rose | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Written by | Jules Furthman Julian Johnson, Herman Mankiewicz (titles) |
| Based on | Abie's Irish Rose by Anne Nichols |
| Produced by | B. P. Schulberg |
| Starring | Charles "Buddy" Rogers Nancy Carroll Jean Hersholt J. Farrell MacDonald |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | J. S. Zamecnik |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 reels (10,471 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
Plot Edit
A Jewish boy, Abie Levy (Rogers), falls in love with and secretly marries Rosemary Murphy (Carroll), an Irish Catholic girl, but lies to his family, saying that she's Jewish. The fathers of both bride and groom are at first religiously bigoted toward the other but with the birth of twin grandchildren, their antagonism fades.
Cast Edit
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Abie Levy
- Nancy Carroll as Rosemary Murphy
- Jean Hersholt as Solomon Levy
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Patrick Murphy
- Bernard Gorcey as Isaac Cohen
- Ida Kramer as Mrs. Isaac Cohen
- Nick Cogley as Father Whalen
- Camillus Pretal as Rabbi Jacob Samuels
- Rosa Rosanova as Sarah
Preservation status Edit
Only reels 3–6 and 9–12 survive of this film in a silent incomplete copy. There may also be an incomplete copy of reel 8, unverified. All of the surviving reels of the film are held at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the Vitaphone soundtrack discs for the film still exist complete has been restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]
See also Edit
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
- The Cohens and Kellys, a 1926 film with a similar plot
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp.
References Edit
- ^ "Biggest Money Pictures". Variety. June 21, 1932. p. 1.
- ^ "Abie's Irish Rose". Film Affinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Abie's Irish Rose at silentera.com database
External links Edit
- Abie's Irish Rose at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Abie's Irish Rose at IMDb
- Abie's Irish Rose at Virtual History