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The Heart of New York is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring the vaudeville team of Smith & Dale and George Sidney. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and based on the Broadway play Mendel, Inc. by David Freedman.
With Joe Smith, Charles Dale, George Sidney, Ruth Hall. In the Jewish enclave of New York's lower East Side, hapless inventor Mendel is constantly in debt since he uses all his (and other people's) money to tinker with machines that will make him rich.
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- Comedy
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1932-03-26
Mendel, who lives with his wife Zelda and children Mimi, Jakie and Lillian, on New York's Lower East Side, is too lazy to work as a plumber, his chosen occupation. Even though his children need shoes and his son needs his teeth fixed, Mendel's heart is in his inventions.
- Mervyn Leroy
- Joe Smith
In the Jewish enclave of New York's lower East Side, hapless inventor Mendel is constantly in debt since he uses all his (and other people's) money to tinker with machines that will make him rich.
In the Jewish enclave of New York’s lower East Side, hapless inventor Mendel is constantly in debt since he uses all his (and other people’s) money to tinker with machines that will make him rich.
The Heart of New York deep fries you in the Jewish-American experience. Set on New York’s East Side amid stores like Goldstein’s Chop Suey (One man asks another, “Say, what’s become of all the Irish?”
The Heart of New York 1932 1h 5m Comedy List Reviews Inventing the washing machine makes a New York plumber a rich man and gives him a new set of problems.
- Comedy
