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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaBoy grows up to become a successful doctor at the expense of family relationships.Boy grows up to become a successful doctor at the expense of family relationships.Boy grows up to become a successful doctor at the expense of family relationships.
Maurice Black
- Felix's Patient
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Jesse De Vorska
- Mr. Horowitz - Hospital Patient
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Harold Goodwin
- Intern at Hospital
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Dorothy Gray
- Jessica - as a Girl
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Julia Griffith
- Guest at Redemption Ceremony
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Harry Holman
- Mr. Holman - Hospital Patient
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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Lo sapevi?
- QuizOne of the first "talkies" to have an extensive background score - at the insistence of RKO's new production chief David O. Selznick.
- BlooperAs is often the case when showing a devout Jewish home, a menorah, the traditional candelabrum, is displayed. However, this is used only once a year, so for the rest of the year it is put away. Having it on show is like having a Christmas tree up all year round to show the family are Christians.
- Citazioni
Dr. Schifflen: My boy, there are two kinds of men in our profession. Some are gifted with the spark of genius; some of us are... just doctors.
[walks to the door and opens it, then turns back toward Felix]
Dr. Schifflen: Felix Klauber, you're more capable than I, but if you don't go through with this operation, I will.
- ConnessioniFeatured in David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer' (1935)
Recensione in evidenza
Intriguing, beautifully made, with a miscast but game Dunne
The scenes on Manhattan's Lower East Side in the 1930s are very convincing. The Jewish family in which Ricardo Cortez is a prodigy are too. The mama, played by Anna Appel, presages Molly Goldberg: "Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Fishbein," she calls out. Everything about the milieu seems authentic. (I'm not saying a 1932 film was shot on location but the setting was lovingly recreated.) Cortez, without his Latin-lover makeup and mannerisms, is very believable. I like him always. His name here is Felix and, though he plays a more somber than usual character here, it fits: His nearly omnipresent grin can remind one of Felix the Cat.
Gregory Ratoff is excellent as the stubborn patriarch of the household.
I watched it essentially because of my enduring fondness for Irene Dunne. (Director Gregory La Cava was no slouch either. His movies, especially the early ones like this, are always worthwhile.) Dunne plays a character named Jessica. Forgive me if I'm wrong but this does not sound like a name one would have been likely to encounter in the Jewish "ghetto," as the characters keep calling the neighborhood. She plays a teacher of blind children who limps.
She has very little to do and she acquits herself well. It seems like a waste of her special talents, though, and somewhat intrusive miscasting.
Nevertheless, the movie is touching and at times amusing. It's a rarity in its (generally) direct portrayal of lower-class Jewish life at the early part of the last century.
Gregory Ratoff is excellent as the stubborn patriarch of the household.
I watched it essentially because of my enduring fondness for Irene Dunne. (Director Gregory La Cava was no slouch either. His movies, especially the early ones like this, are always worthwhile.) Dunne plays a character named Jessica. Forgive me if I'm wrong but this does not sound like a name one would have been likely to encounter in the Jewish "ghetto," as the characters keep calling the neighborhood. She plays a teacher of blind children who limps.
She has very little to do and she acquits herself well. It seems like a waste of her special talents, though, and somewhat intrusive miscasting.
Nevertheless, the movie is touching and at times amusing. It's a rarity in its (generally) direct portrayal of lower-class Jewish life at the early part of the last century.
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- Handlinghandel
- 13 dic 2007
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- Symphony of Six Million
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, New York, Stati Uniti(opening establishing shots)
- Azienda produttrice
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- Budget
- 270.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 34 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1
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