The House of Rothschild (1934) - film review

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The House of Rothschild is an American war film first released in 1934, directed by Alfred L. Werker. The film stars George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young and C. Aubrey Smith. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Alfred L. Werker
Script: George Hembert Westley, Nunnally Johnson, George Arliss, Maude T. Howell, Sam Mintz
Music: Alfred Newman
Cast: George Arliss (Mayer Rothschild), Boris Karloff (Count Ledrantz), Loretta Young (Julie Rothschild), Robert Young (Captain Fitzroy), C. Aubrey Smith (Duke of Wellington), Arthur Byron (Baring), Helen Westley (Gudula Rothschild), Reginald Owen (Herries), Florence Arliss (Hannah Rothschild), Alan Mowbray (Prince Metternich), Holmes Herbert (Rowerth), Paul Harvey (Solomon Rothschild), Ivan F. Simpson (Amschel Rothschild), Noel Madison (Carl Rothschild), Murray Kinnell (James Rothschild), Georges Renavent (Count Talleyrand), Oscar Apfel (Prussian Officer), Lumsden Hare (Prince Regent), Leo McCabe (Amschel’s Secretary), Gilbert Emery (Prime Minister), Charles E. Evans (Count Nesselrolde), Desmond Roberts (Guest at Reception Hall), Earl McDonald (Messenger in Stock Exchange), Lee Kohlmar (Doctor), Ethel Griffies (Guest at Reception Hall), William H. Strauss (Messenger and Guest at Recption Hall), Matthew Betz (Prussian Guard), Reginald Sheffield (Stock Trader), Brandon Hurst (Stock Trader), Harold Minjir (Stock Trader), Horace Claude Cooper (Stock Trader), Crauford Kent (Stock Trader), C. Montague Shaw (Stock Trader), Harry Allen (Stock Trader), Gerald Pierce (Rothschild Child), Milton Kahn (Rothschild Child), George Offerman Jr. (Amschel Rothschild as a Boy), Cullen Johnson (Rothschild Child), Bobbie La Manche (Rothschild Child), Leonard Mudie (Tax Collector in Prussia), Dick Alexandria (Man in 1780 Sequence), Mr. Bonn (Man in Ledrantz’s Hunting Room), E.H. Calvert (Lord Chamberlain), Jack Carlyle (The Bailiff), Harry Cording (Man in 1780 Sequence), Mr. Corey (Man at Wellington’s Garden), Rafael Corio (Prince Ruffo), Max Davidson (Man in 1780 Sequence), Nigel De Brulier (Official Giving Instructions to Soldier (unconfirmed)), Arthur De Ravenne (Man in Carl’s Naples Office), Harold Entwistle (Stock Exchange Messenger), Martin Faust (Hoodlum), Frank Hagney (Man in 1780 Sequence), Mr. Jerome (Man in James Rothschild’s Paris Office), Edward LeSaint (Master of Ceremonies), General Lodijensky (Man at Palace Banquet Room), Walter Long (Prussian Soldier), Wilfred Lucas (Page), Mary MacLaren (Woman in 1780 Sequence), Murdock MacQuarrie (Man at Stock Exchange), Del Marget (Man at Nathan’s London House), Rosita Marstini (Woman at Mayer Rothschild’s House), Bill McDougal (Coachman), Paul McVey (Man in 1780 Sequence), Miss Monroe (Vedera, Miss), Joe Ray (Hoodlum), Louis Shapiro (Napoleon Bonaparte), Mike Siebert (Hoodlum), Pietro Sosso (Man in 1780 Sequence), Bert Sprotte (Man in 1780 Sequence), Louis Van der Ecker (Assistant to Carl Rothschild), Miss Vedera (Guest at Recption Hall), Perry N. Vekroff (Secretary to Solomon Rothschild), Henry Wardell (Man at Stock Exchange), Paul Weigel (Man in 1780 Sequence)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 87 min; B&W

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