Ginsberg the Great
1927 film by Byron Haskin
- November 26, 1927 (1927-11-26)
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Ginsberg the Great is a lost[1][2] 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. [3]
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
- Gertrude Astor filmography
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
External links
- Surviving Vitaphone soundtrack disk reel 7 at SoundCloud
- Ginsberg the Great at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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