| Ginsberg the Great | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Byron Haskin |
| Written by | Anthony Coldeway (story & scenario) |
| Starring | George Jessel Audrey Ferris Gertrude Astor |
| Cinematography | Conrad Wells |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
| Production company | The Vitaphone Corp. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Ginsberg the Great is a lost 1927 synchronized sound film starring George Jessel in the period in which he made films with Warner Bros. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process.
Plot
Johnny Ginsberg, a tailor's apprentice who aspires to be a famous magician, joins a carnival troupe that stops in the town and doubles for sideshow attractions. The troupers, actually a gang of thieves, direct their chimpanzee to pick the pockets of Sam Hubert, a theatrical magnate who is in the audience, but Johnny recovers the wallet. Sappho, an Oriental dancer, learning that Hubert has purchased the Russian crown jewels, vamps Johnny into taking her to his home; and with the aid of the gang, she steals the jewels. Overhearing the gang quarreling over the spoils, Johnny tries to make a getaway with the gems, knocking out each member of the gang separately and affixing to each of them a tag signed "Ginsberg the Great." Hawkins, a newspaperman, publicizes the event, and Johnny consequently receives a reward and a contract from Hubert.
Cast
- George Jessel as Johnny Ginsberg
- Audrey Ferris as Mary
- Gertrude Astor as Sappho
- Douglas Gerrard as Sam Hubert
- Jack Santoro as Hawkins
- Theodore Lorch as Charles Wheeler
- Jimmie Quinn as Crook
- Stanley J. Sandford as Hercules
- Akka as a chimpanzee
See also
References
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Ginsberg the Great
- Ginsberg the Great at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers - 1927 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Ginsberg the Great
External links
- Surviving Vitaphone soundtrack disk reel 7 at SoundCloud
- Ginsberg the Great at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- Lost American comedy films
- 1927 comedy films
- Silent American comedy films
- Films directed by Byron Haskin
- American black-and-white films
- Transitional sound comedy films
- Early sound films
- 1927 lost films
- 1920s American films
- Synchronized sound films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs