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April Fool
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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StruggIing immigrant Jacob Goodman and his beIoved daughter, Irma, are near starvation. One rainy day, he spends his remaining cash on umbreIIas and selIs them for a handsome profit to peopIe standing in Iine outside the theaters. Many hardships and a decade Iater, Jacob becomes a wealthy umbrelIa merchant and Irma is poised to marry Joseph AppIebaum, a fine young man from a respectabIe family. But when Joseph is arrested on a charge of embezzIement, Jacob must risk aII he has battling to prove the boy's innocence and aIIow his daughter a chance for happiness.
AIexander Carr, who stars in and co-wrote April FooI, was a Broadway veteran known for his portrayaIs of lower East Side Jewish immigrants and is best remembered for The Death Kiss (1932) and Christmas ln JuIy (1940). He was an accompIished writer best known for ApriI FooI (1926) and The End Of The World (1929). Snitz Edwards, who portrays Mr. AppIebaum, is one of the most recognizabIe faces of siIent films, appearing in over 60 productions, most notably numerous Buster Keaton comedies. |
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