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The Good Provider
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7753 feet
Directed by Frank Borzage

Cast: Vera Gordon [Becky Binswanger], Dore Davidson [Julius Binswanger], Miriam Battista [Pearl Binswanger], Vivienne Osborne [Pearl Binswanger], William Collier Jr. [Izzy Binswanger], John Roche [Max Teitlebaum], Ora Jones [Mrs. Teitlebaum], Edward Phillips [the Broadway sport], Murial Martin [a flapper], James Devine [Mr. Boggs], Blanche Craig [Mrs. Boggs], Margaret Severn [the specialty dancer]

Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by [?] International Film Service Company, Incorporated, through? Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by John Lynch, from the short story “The Good Provider” by Fannie Hurst. Cinematography by Chester Lyons. / © 19 April 1922 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP17819]. Premiered circa 2 April 1922 in New York, New York. Released 20 April 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Jewish-Americans - Jews - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Website-AFI.