Humoresque (1920 film)
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Advertisement for screening of the film at Tremont Temple, Boston, 1920
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Produced by | William Randolph Hearst (uncredited) |
| Written by | William LeBaron Frances Marion |
| Story by | Fannie Hurst |
| Starring | Gaston Glass Vera Gordon Bobby Connelly Alma Rubens |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Warrenton |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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71 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Humoresque (1920) is an American silent film drama produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, released by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures, and was directed by Frank Borzage from a short story by Fannie Hurst and script or scenario by Frances Marion.
This film was the first film to win the Photoplay Medal of Honor, a precursor of the Academy Award for Best Picture.[2]
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]
Cast
- Gaston Glass - Leon Kantor
- Vera Gordon - Mama Kantor
- Alma Rubens - Gina Berg (aka Minnie Ginsberg)
- Dore Davidson - Abraham Kantor
- Bobby Connelly - Leon Kantor (child)
- Helen Connelly - Esther Kantor (child)
- Ann Wallack - Esther Kantor (adult)(*billed Ann Wallick)
- Sidney Carlyle - Mannie Kantor
- Joseph Cooper - Isadore Kantor (child)
- Maurice Levigne - Isadore Kantor (adult)
- Alfred Goldberg - Rudolph Kantor (child)
- Edward Stanton - Rudolph Kantor (adult)
- Louis Stern - Sol Ginsberg (*as Louis Stearns)
- Maurice Peckre - Boris Kantor
- Ruth Sabin - Mrs. Isadore Kantor
- Miriam Battista - Minnie Ginsberg (child)
Preservation status
The film has undergone a restoration at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Film preserved by the UCLA Film, Television & Radio Archives.
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- ↑ Humoresque at SilentEra
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Humoresque at IMDb
- Humoresque synopsis at AllMovie
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