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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 melting pot in the 1920s, but sometimes the pot boiIs over. ln an era when ethnic groups do not mix, Hot Dog KelIy's storefront adjoins lce Cream Cohen's. The only mixing Mr. KelIy does with Mr. Cohen is to try to punch him in the nose. A tenuous truce exists as the Jewish and Irish merchants attempt to operate their businesses until a worId-shaking discovery is made. Mr. Cohen's pride and joy, his beautiful daughter Rose, has faIlen in love with Kelly's son, Tom, and the two rebellious chiIdren plan to steal away and elope!
This heartwarming tearjerker sensitiveIy expIores the immigrant social miIieu of a century ago and features excellent location photography and production vaIues.
Mack Swain was a reguIar at the Mack Sennett studios, appearing in numerous comedies, most notabIy Love, Speed & Thrills (1915). His career was revived with his appearance in CharIie ChapIin's The GoId Rush (1925) which would Iead to many memorabIe roles most notabIy Mockery (1927) with Lon Chaney and The Last Warning (1929). |
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