The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
The story of Jewish financier Stephen Field and his daughter Esther. Having survived a European massacre years before that claimed his wife and son, Stephen takes immense pleasure in philanthropic work at a community service center in the U.S. while Esther entertains returning soldiers in a canteen. At the canteen, Esther meets Robert Graham, who because of a war wound suffers from fainting spells, and he falls in love with her. William Morris, a brilliant Jewish surgeon also courts Esther; and the men vie for her affection. When Graham loses control of his car due to a fainting spell suffering grave injury, Morris is the only person who can save his life.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Bronson StockbridgeScreenplay
- John G. AdolfiDirector
Cast
- Edith TaliaferroEsther Field
- Paul PanzerStephen Field (20 years earlier)
- Coit AlbertsonDr. William Morris
- Gladden JamesRobert E. Graham Jr.
- Frank BurbeckStephen Field
- Herbert FortierRobert E. Graham Sr.
- Elizabeth GarrisonMrs. Robert Graham
- Edith StocktonDorothy Graham
- Elizabeth KennedyThe kid
Themes
surgeonantisemitismcar accidentlost filmromantic rival