A Harp in Hock
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- Renaud Hoffman
- Glenn Belt (ass't director)
by Evelyn Campbell[1]
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| Written by | Sonya Levien (scenario) |
| Based on | "A Harp in Hock" (story) by Evelyn Campbell[1] |
| Produced by | DeMille Pictures |
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| Cinematography | Dewey Wrigley |
| Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
Production company | DeMille Pictures |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 6 reels; 5,995 feet[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan,[2] is a lost[3][4] 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love,[1][5] and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.[1]
In New York City, pawnbroker Isaac Abrams must take in an orphaned immigrant boy, Tommy, after his mother dies. Tommy helps at the pawn shop and goes to school, but after a fight with a bully, the bully's mother, Mrs. Banks, reports him to the authorities and has him sent to an orphanage.
Tommy escapes and returns to New York, where he upsets Mrs. Banks and a riot breaks out, but Abrams then adopts Tommy.[1][6][7][8]
Cast
- Rudolph Schildkraut as Isaac Abrams
- Junior Coghlan as Tommy Shannon
- May Robson as Mrs. Banks
- Bessie Love as Nora Banks
- Louis Natheaux as Nick
- Elise Bartlett as Mrs. Shannon
- Mrs. Charles Mack as The Clock Woman
- Joseph Striker as Dr. Franz Mueller
- Adele Watson as Investigator
- Lillian Harmer as Sourface
- Clarence Burton as Plainclothesman
- Bobby Heck as Snipe Banks
