Humoresque (1920 film)

Humoresque
Advertisement for screening of the film at Tremont Temple, Boston, 1920
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	William Randolph Hearst (uncredited)
Written by	William LeBaron Frances Marion
Story by	Fannie Hurst
Starring	Gaston Glass Vera Gordon Bobby Connelly Alma Rubens
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	May 30, 1920 (1920-05-30) (United States)
Running time	71 minutes^[1]
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Humoresque (1920) is an American silent film drama produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, released by Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures, and was directed by Frank Borzage from a novel by Fannie Hurst and script or scenario by Frances Marion.

This film was the first film to win the Photoplay Medal of Honor, a precursor of the Academy Award for Best Picture.^[2]

In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[3]

Cast

Gaston Glass - Leon Kantor
Vera Gordon - Mama Kantor
Alma Rubens - Gina Berg (aka Minnie Ginsberg)
Dore Davidson - Abraham Kantor
Bobby Connelly - Leon Kantor (child)
Helen Connelly - Esther Kantor (child)
Ann Wallack - Esther Kantor (adult)(*billed Ann Wallick)
Sidney Carlyle - Mannie Kantor
Joseph Cooper - Isadore Kantor (child)
Maurice Levigne - Isadore Kantor (adult)
Alfred Goldberg - Rudolph Kantor (child)
Edward Stanton - Rudolph Kantor (adult)
Louis Stern - Sol Ginsberg (*as Louis Stearns)
Maurice Peckre - Boris Kantor
Ruth Sabin - Mrs. Isadore Kantor
Miriam Battista - Minnie Ginsberg (child)

Preservation status

The film has undergone a restoration at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[4]

References

↑ "Humoresque". YouTube. 1920. Film preserved by the UCLA Film, Television & Radio Archives.
↑ "Photoplay Awards, Awards for 1920, Medal of Honor Winner".
↑ Mike Barnes (December 16, 2015). "'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank' Enter National Film Registry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
↑ Humoresque at SilentEra

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Humoresque (1920 film).

Humoresque at the Internet Movie Database
Humoresque synopsis at AllMovie

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Humoresque (1920)
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Lucky Star (1929)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
The River (1929)
Liliom (1930)
Song o' My Heart (1930)
Doctors' Wives (1931)
Bad Girl (1931)
After Tomorrow (1931)
Young as You Feel (1931)
Young America (1932)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Secrets (1933)
Man's Castle (1933)
No Greater Glory (1934)
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Flirtation Walk (1934)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Stranded (1935)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
Desire (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
Green Light (1937)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Big City (1937)
Mannequin (1937)
Three Comrades (1938)
The Shining Hour (1938)
Disputed Passage (1939)
Strange Cargo (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Flight Command (1940)
Smilin' Through (1941)
The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Till We Meet Again (1944)
The Spanish Main (1945)
I've Always Loved You (1946)
That's My Man (1947)
Moonrise (1948)
China Doll (1958)
The Big Fisherman (1959)

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