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The House of Rothschild (1934)

Passed  -  Biography | Drama | History  -  7 April 1934 (USA)
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Cast overview, first billed only:
George Arliss ...
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Count Ledrantz
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Julie Rothschild
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Capt. Fitzroy
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Arthur Byron ...
Baring
Helen Westley ...
Gudula Rothschild
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Herries
Florence Arliss ...
Hannah Rothschild
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Holmes Herbert ...
Rowerth
Paul Harvey ...
Solomon Rothschild
Ivan F. Simpson ...
Amschel Rothschild (as Ivan Simpson)
Noel Madison ...
Carl Rothschild
Murray Kinnell ...
James Rothschild
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The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

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7 April 1934 (USA)  »

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Rothschild  »

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| (copyright length) | (FMC Library Print)

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(Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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George Hembert Westley's play was unpublished, but copyrighted 11 May 1932. See more »

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Referenced in Dad's Army: War Dance (1969) See more »

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"God Save the King!"
(1744) (uncredited)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
In the score for the reception at the end
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The House of Rothschild was the most lavish film by Daryl F. Zanuck
25 January 2003 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

In the person of Nathan Rothschild, overlord of the international banking house that shaped the destiny of Europe, George Arliss has found his most congenial role since Disraeli. The story provides a fasinating study of internatinal intrigue in the nineteenth century. It is presented straight-forwardly, without apology or sentimentality. Because of its lack of dramatic sequence, the picture lapses into passages that become monotonous. The injection of a romantic episode between Nathan's daughter and a Gentile British office, with its mixed-marriage problem during those years, is tritely handled. This film is rarely shown over the years in America and is controversal at times. On the whole, the picture has been skillfully cast, and there are good performances by George Arliss, Reginald Owen and Boris Karloff who gives an excellent performance as Baron Ledrantz.


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