Ginsberg_the_Great

<i>Ginsberg the Great</i>

Ginsberg the Great

1927 film by Byron Haskin

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]

Lobby card

Quick Facts Ginsberg the Great, Directed by ...

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Ginsberg the Great
  2. [2]
    Ginsberg the Great at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers - 1927 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Ginsberg the Great
Stub icon

This article about a silent comedy film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ginsberg_the_Great, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.