In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
| In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Written by | Frances Marion Montague Glass (play Potash and Perlmutter and Business Before Pleasure) Charles Klein (play Potash and Perlmutter) Jules Eckert Goodman (play Business Before Pleasure) Montague Glass (titles) |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated First National |
Release date | 29 September 1924 |
Running time | 70 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924) is an American silent comedy film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through Associated First National Pictures, and directed by Alfred E. Green.
A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, although with a different actor for Potash. The films were based on Potash and Perlmutter a play by Charles Klein and Montague Glass which opened on Broadway in 1913 and ran for 441 performances.[1] This sequel also adapted the play Business Before Pleasure by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman which opened in 1917 for 357 performances.[2]
They would return again in 1926 in Partners Again (1926). Goldwyn had evidently been familiar with this series of Jewish-themed stories, written by Montague Glass and mounted as a Broadway play in 1913, back when he was a glove salesman, and produced these film versions over the objections of the other Jewish moguls of Hollywood.[3]
Cast
- Alexander Carr as Morris Perlmutter
- George Sidney as Abe Potash
- Vera Gordon as Rosie Potash
- Betty Blythe as Rita Sismondi
- Belle Bennett as Mrs. Perlmutter
- Anders Randolf as Blanchard
- Peggy Shaw as Irma Potash
- Charles Meredith as Sam Pemberton
- Lillian Hackett as Miss O'Ryan
- David Butler as Crabbe
- Sidney Franklin as Film Buyer
- Joseph W. Girard as Film Buyer
- Louis Payne as Banker
- Cyril Ring as Partington
- Norma Talmadge as herself
- Constance Talmadge as herself