A Harp in Hock

A Harp in Hock
Film poster
Directed byRenaud Hoffman
Glenn Belt (ass't director)
Written bySonya Levien (scenario)
Based on"A Harp in Hock" (story)
by Evelyn Campbell[1]
Produced byDeMille Pictures
StarringRudolph Schildkraut
Junior Coghlan
May Robson
Bessie Love
CinematographyDewey Wrigley
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Production
company
DeMille Pictures
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • October 10, 1927 (1927-10-10) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
6 reels; 5,995 feet[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan,[2] is a lost[3][4] 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love,[1][5] and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.[1]

Plot

In New York City, pawnbroker Isaac Abrams (Schildkraut) must take in an orphaned immigrant boy Tommy (Coghlan) after his mother (Bartlett) dies. Tommy assists at the pawn shop and goes to school, but after a fight with a bully, the bully's mother Mrs. Banks (Robson) reports him to authorities and has him sent to an orphanage.

Tommy escapes and returns to New York, where he upsets Mrs. Banks and a riot breaks out, but Abrams then adopts Tommy.[1][6][7][8]

Cast

Reception

The film received positive reviews, particularly the performances of Schildkraut and Coghlan.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. p. 326. OCLC 664500075.
  2. ^ "A Harp in Hock". Présence du cinéma. 1966. p. 58.
  3. ^ Andersen, Arne. "The Lost Films of Pathé Exchange". Lost Film Files. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Harp in Hock". The Library of Congress.
  5. ^ Bennett, Carl (November 11, 2004). "Progressive Silent Film List: A Harp in Hock". Silent Era.
  6. ^ 1929 Motion Picture News Booking Guide. Motion Picture News. 1929. p. 124.
  7. ^ a b "'A Harp in Hock' – Sympathetic Pathe Film-Tale Told on 'Broadway Screen Has B.O. Pull". Moving Picture World. November 5, 1927. p. 22.
  8. ^ a b Ganly, Raymond (December 16, 1927). "Opinions on Pictures". Motion Picture News. p. 1903.
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