Little Miss Smiles (1922)
Directed by John Ford
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama |
Release Date - Jan 15, 1922 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 55 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Ever-ebullient Shirley Mason is ideally cast in Little Miss Smiles. This is the story of a just-getting-by Jewish family in New York. While Mason, the family's daughter, sets her sights on a handsome doctor (Gaston Glass), her prizefighter brother (Arthur Rankin) runs afoul of gangsters. Evidently a lost film, Little Miss Smiles would be worth seeing today if only to see how director (and "professional Irishman") John Ford handled the Jewish milieu. The film was based on Myra Kelly's novel Little Aliens.
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daughter, doctor/nurse, family, gangster, ghetto, Judaism, love, marriage, prizefighter, problems, romance, silence, son
