Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannigan, the daughter of a meat-packer, and he tells her he is Irish and a romance begins. When America enters World War I, "Izzy" enlists, is sent to France, and is wounded while engaged in a heroic rescue during a big battle. While recovering in an overseas hospital, he writes Eileen and tells her he is Jewish and not Irish. Returning home, he is parading with his regiment and he sees Eileen with Robert O'Malley, his old rival. He thinks she has thrown him over because he is Jewish. An Irish lodge comes to bestow an honor on the man they think is Patrick Murphy, an Irish hero. But O'Malley tells them his real name is Goldberg. But Eileen tels him it is he she loves, and they head for the marriage-license bureau.
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George Jessel
I. Patrick Murphy
Known for
Valley of the Dolls
Patsy Ruth Miller
Eileen Cohannigan
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Raymond L. Schrock
Lloyd Bacon
Vera Gordon
Sara Goldberg
Also in
Humoresque
The Living Ghost
Edward Clark
Nat Carr
The Shadchen, Moe Ginsberg
Also in
Two Plus Fours
The Talk of Hollywood
Philip Lonergan
William H. Strauss
Jacob Goldberg
Also in
Golden Boy
So This Is Love
Spec O'Donnell
The Monohan Kid
Also in
Call of the Cuckoo
Pass the Gravy
William H Strauss
Jacob Goldberg
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Cohannigan
Known for
Dishonored
Shanghai Express
Lloyd Bacon Director · Raymond L. Schrock Writer Philip Lonergan Writer
United States release October 30, 1926 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Warner Bros.
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United States
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 26, 1926
London
United States · October 30, 1926
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Denmark
June 3, 1929
Portugal
July 2, 1928
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