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  • A Harp in Hock (1927)
  • 60 min | Drama
A Harp in Hock (1927)
60 min | Drama

Isaac Abrams, a lonely ghetto pawnbroker, is disliked by most of his neighbors. The only exceptions are Nora Banks, the landlady's charming daughter, and Mrs. Shannon, a poor scrubwoman saving to bring her son Tommy over from Ireland. On ...See moreIsaac Abrams, a lonely ghetto pawnbroker, is disliked by most of his neighbors. The only exceptions are Nora Banks, the landlady's charming daughter, and Mrs. Shannon, a poor scrubwoman saving to bring her son Tommy over from Ireland. On the day the child arrives at Ellis Island, his mother is taken fatally ill, and Abrams is becomes his guardian. Tommy, who comes to love Abrams, is taught to care for the shop, barter with the customers, and study. When he beats Snipe Banks, the neighborhood toughie, Mrs. Banks vengefully reports Tommy to the authorities, who remove him to an orphanage and later to an Iowa family. Tommy escapes and returns to the pawnshop. When faced with another parting, Abrams plans to take him away. he is denounced by Mrs. Banks, precipitating a riot, but Dr. Mueller, Nora's suitor, arrives to straighten out matters and Abrams is permitted to adopt the boy. See less
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W. Donn Hayes (as Donn Hayes)
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Oct 10, 1927 (United States)

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