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Romance of a Jewess

190815 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

A pawnbroker's daughter chooses the man she loves over the suitor her father approves. Years later, bereavement and poverty bring her child back to the shop, where a familiar object may reopen the broken family relationship.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
12:47
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

The melodrama moves between a busy commercial setting and a family's private conflict. Objects exchanged at the pawnshop eventually carry evidence of the connection its owner has tried to reject.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

  • Florence Lawrence — Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research; http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=4236 · Public domain
  • Gladys Egan — Unknown author Unknown author; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250676/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm at International Movie Database · Public domain

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