Romance of a Jewess (1908)

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16 min - Drama | Short - 23 October 1908 (USA)

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This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an immigrant Jewish family.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Florence Lawrence	...	Ruth Simonson
	George Gebhardt	...	Simon Bimberg
	Gladys Egan	...	The Daughter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	John R. Cumpson	...	Customer
	Guy Hedlund
	Charles Inslee
	Arthur V. Johnson	...	In Bookstore / Matchmaker
	Alfred Paget
	Mack Sennett	...	Customer / In Bookstore / Doctor
	Harry Solter	...	Customer / Rubinstein
	Mabel Stoughton	...	Customer (unconfirmed)

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A pawn shop. A man arranges a marriage with the owner's daughter, but she declines for love. The couple is cut off, and opens a book shop; some years later, he dies in a fall from a ladder. She is despondent; her daughter goes to seek help, and ends up a customer at her grandfather's pawn shop, not knowing the connection. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

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