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The Italian is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side.
The movie follows a shoeshiner (played by actor George Beban) from Italy who soon is impoverished after leaving a gondolier job in his native country. Tragedy strikes when his sick infant son needs an expensive special milk to survive.
2 Jun 2023 · Step back in time and experience 'The Italian' (1915), an early cinematic masterpiece of silent film era. Follow the poignant story of an Italian gondolier w...
6 Jun 2008 · The Italian (1915) is a melodramatic tragedy sympathetic to the immigrant experience. The simple story shows poor Venetian gondolier Beppo (George Beban) leaving for America to earn enough money to send for his beloved Annette, (Clara Williams) before her father gives her away to an elderly suitor.
The Italian is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side.
A vivacious Italian comes to America to make his fortune so he can marry the girl of his dreams. His shoe-shining brings enough money to send for her, and the two are married happily, but immigrant life is tough, and tragedy strikes.
The Italian is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side.
