Cohen's Luck
Cast & Crew
John H. Collins
William Wadsworth
Lillian Devere
Viola Dana
Harry Scherr
Duncan Mcrae
Film Details
Synopsis
Abe Cohen, president of the Buttonhole Makers' Union, loses his job in Sam Blumenthal's East Side sweatshop when he endorses Timothy Murphy for alderman over Steve O'Roque, to whom Blumenthal is indebted. After Murphy helps Cohen start a kosher restaurant, Cohen learns that he and his former co-worker, Kitty McGee, won $10,000 in the lottery. He gives free meals to his customers, but when Kitty discovers that her purse containing half of the ticket was stolen, Cohen clears the "loafers" out. Cohen's daughter Minnie, in love with Blumenthal, secretly marries him, but Blumenthal, already married although separated from his wife, keeps Minnie's ring and their marriage certificate. Doubting the marriage, Cohen turns Minnie out, but when Blumenthal's wife appears, and Minnie's suitor, David Moss, whom Cohen likes, finds her, the marriage is invalidated and Cohen reconciles with his daughter. Mixing with the underworld, Cohen outwits the thief who stole Kitty's ticket. Despite a flood coming down from the apartment above, the ensuing celebration marks Minnie and David's engagement.
Director
John H. Collins
Cast
William Wadsworth
Lillian Devere
Viola Dana
Harry Scherr
Duncan Mcrae
John Walker
Jessie Stevens
Edward Lawrence
Frank A. Lyon
Henry Leone
Robert Brower
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Notes
This film was the first made under Edison's new policy of releasing four reel pictures at regular intervals on the General Film program. William Wadsworth played his role on stage with Annie Russell. Some exteriors for the film were shot in the "ghetto" sections of New York's City's Lower East Side.
