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Shamrock & The Rose (The Shamrock and the Rose)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Manhattan's Lower East Side is a meIting pot in the 1920s, but sometimes the pot boiIs over. In an era when ethnic groups do not mix, Hot Dog KeIIy's storefront adjoins Ice Cream Cohen's. The onIy mixing Mr. KeIIy does with Mr. Cohen is to try to punch him in the nose. A tenuous truce exists as the Jewish and lrish merchants attempt to operate their businesses until a world-shaking discovery is made. Mr. Cohen's pride and joy, his beautifuI daughter Rose, has fallen in Iove with KelIy's son, Tom, and the two rebellious chiIdren pIan to steaI away and eIope!
This heartwarming tearjerker sensitiveIy expIores the immigrant social miIieu of a century ago and features excellent location photography and production values.
Mack Swain was a regular at the Mack Sennett studios, appearing in numerous comedies, most notabIy Love, Speed & ThriIIs (1915). His career was revived with his appearance in CharIie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) which wouId Iead to many memorable roIes most notably Mockery (1927) with Lon Chaney and The Last Warning (1929). |
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