Humoresque (1920)
Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.
- Date of release
- 1920-05-29
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Frank Borzage
Casting
- Gaston Glass — Leon Kantor (adult)
- Vera Gordon — Mama Kantor
- Alma Rubens — Gina Berg (formerly Minnie Ginsberg)
- Dore Davidson — Abraham Kantor
- Bobby Connelly — Leon Kantor (child)
- Helen Connelly — Esther Kantor (child)
- Ann Wallack — Esther Kantor (adult) (as Ann Wallick)
- Sidney Carlyle — Mannie Kantor
- Joseph Cooper — Isadore Kantor (child)
- Maurice Levigne — Isadore Kantor (adult)
- Alfred Goldberg — Rudolph Kantor (child)
- Edward Stanton — Rudolph Kator (adult)
Interesting facts
Humoresque is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, released by Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount Pictures, and directed by Frank Borzage, from a 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst and script or scenario by Frances Marion. It follows the childhood and going to war of an immigrant family Lower East Side violinist.
Production
The sentimentality in the film was emphasized by director Borzage through his pioneering use of soft focus and gauze camera shots. Producer William Randolph Hearst had screenwriter Marion change the ending from Hurst's story to have a surprise happy ending, which helped make it Cosmopolitan's first successful film.
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