Abie’s Irish Rose
(1929) American
B&W : Twelve reels / 3191.65 metres
Directed by Victor Fleming

Cast: Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers [Abie Levy], Nancy Carroll [Rosemary Murphy], Jean Hersholt [Solomon Levy], J. Farrell MacDonald [Patrick Murphy], Bernard Gorcey [Isaac Cohen], Ida Kramer [Mrs. Cohen], Nick Cogley [Father Whalen], Camillis Pretal [Rabbi Jacob Samuels], Rosa Rosanova [Sarah], Thelma Todd, Leon Janney [child]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Victor Fleming. Associate producer B.P. Schulberg. Scenario by Jules Furthman, from the play Abie’s Irish Rose by Anne Nichols. Intertitles by Julian Johnson, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Anne Nichols. Cinematography by Harold Rosson. Edited by Eda Warren. Original music score by J.S. Zamecnik. / © 8 January 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP25986]. Released 5 January 1929. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? / The silent version was released at 3105 metres. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [of reels 3 through 7, possibly part of reel 8, and reels 9 through 12, a total of 8047 feet, of the silent version].

Keywords: Irish - Jews - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 2 May 2007.

References: Baer-Film p. 1; Bohn-Light p. 115; Geduld-Birth p. 39; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 1; Maltin-Guide p. 2; Sweeney-Coming p. 141 : Website-IMDb.