Humoresque
- 19201920
- 1h
Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from ... Read allYoung Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.
- Esther Kantor (adult)as Esther Kantor (adult)
- (as Ann Wallick)
- Sol Ginsbergas Sol Ginsberg
- (as Louis Stearns)
To audiences fated to be forever trapped in the squalid tenements so vividly evoked by cameraman Gilbert Warrenton in the film's first third, while nursing family members with life-changing injuries suffered in the Great War, the release from such temporary set-backs experienced by the Kantor family would have provided much-needed - if temporary - solace, and 'Humoresque' in 1920 was a big hit.
- richardchatten
- Oct 6, 2017
