Romance of a Jewess
Stars: Florence Lawrence, George
Gebhardt, Gladys Egan
Director: D.W.
Griffith
Writer: D.W.
Griffith
Genre:
Drama/Short
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Time: 10 min
Rating: Not Rated
Status: Survived
Plot
Ruth Simonson, with her father, is seen kneeling at the
bedside of her mother, whose sands of life are rapidly
ebbing. Realizing her
end near, Mrs. Simonson takes from her neck a chain and locket and places it
around the neck of her daughter, Ruth, with the prayerful injunction that she
be ever guided in the path of prudence and virtue by this memorial. Commending
her to the care of her father, the old lady goes to meet her Master in the
Great Beyond. Two years later we find Ruth assisting her old father in his
pawnshop. Mr. Simonson, although a money-lender, is benevolent in nature and
his many deeds of munificence have endeared him to all who know him. Hence,
when the local schatchen appears with Jacob Rubenstein, a wealthy suitor for
his daughter's hand, it was his desire for her future happiness that induced
him to look with favor on him. Ruth, however, had given her heart to Sol
Bimberg, an impecunious bookseller in the neighbourhood. While Mr. Simonson has
no aversion for Sol, ...
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