Humoresque
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Frank Borzage
Gaston Glass
Vera Gordon
Alma Rubens
Dore Davidson
Bobby Connelly
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mama Kantor is overjoyed when her young son Leon exhibits a great talent for playing the violin. After years of practicing, the adult Leon achieves fame and success as a violinist, enabling him to move his family from the Jewish ghetto to fashionable uptown quarters. He also proposes to his former childhood playmate, Minnie Ginsberg, now known as Gina Berg. At the pinnacle of his career, war breaks out; Leon enlists in the army and is sent to France where he right arm is seriously wounded. Convinced that he is crippled permanently and will never be able to play again, Leon breaks his engagement to Gina. Heartbroken, the girl faints and Leon, rushing to her side, scoops her up in his arms. Realizing that his strength has returned, Leon reaches for the violin and begins to play again.
Director
Frank Borzage
Cast
Gaston Glass
Vera Gordon
Alma Rubens
Dore Davidson
Bobby Connelly
Helen Connelly
Ann Wallick
Sidney Carlyle
Joseph Cooper
Maurice Levigne
Alfred Goldberg
Edward Stanton
Louis Stearns
Maurice Peckre
Ruth Sabin
Frank Mitchell
Miriam Battista
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
The film had a private showing in New York on May 4, 1920, and a pre-release run beginning May 30, 1920 at the Criterion Theatre in New York. It played for twelve weeks there and broke attendance records. Warner Bros. loosely remade Humoresque in 1947 with John Garfield and Joan Crawford in the lead roles. Clifford Odets and Zachary Gold re-adapted Hurst's story, and Jean Negulesco directed it.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1920
Released in United States September 1988
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.
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Released in United States 1920
Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.)
