Rosa Rosanova

Rosa Rosanova

Born: June 22, 1869
Died: May 29, 1944
in Odessa, Ukraine

Movies for Rosa Rosanova...

After Tomorrow
Title: After Tomorrow
Character: One of Taylor's Neighbors
Released: March 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?
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The Younger Generation
Title: The Younger Generation
Character: Tilda Goldfish - Ma
Released: March 4, 1929
Type: Movie
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
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Lucky Boy
Title: Lucky Boy
Released: February 2, 1929
Type: Movie
A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.
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Abie's Irish Rose
Title: Abie's Irish Rose
Character: Sarah
Released: April 19, 1928
Type: Movie
When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.
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Special Delivery
Title: Special Delivery
Character: Sidney's Mother
Released: May 6, 1927
Type: Movie
The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.
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The Shamrock and the Rose
Title: The Shamrock and the Rose
Character: Mrs. Cohen
Released: April 14, 1927
Type: Movie
The neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their youngsters fall in love.
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God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Title: God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Character: Mrs. Dufour
Released: November 20, 1926
Type: Movie
The story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his wife Mary on his piddling income. But like seafaring men everywhere, Steve is constitutionally unreliable, especially when hip-swinging temptress Cassie Lang sashays into view.
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His People
Title: His People
Character: Rose Cominsky
Released: November 1, 1925
Type: Movie
The two sons of a poor Russian-Jewish pushcart peddler on New York's Lower East Side are causing their father grief. As Morris and Sammy stray from traditions cherished by their parents, each generation learns to accept change to preserve the family as a source of love and respect.
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Cobra
Title: Cobra
Character: Marie
Released: January 2, 1925
Type: Movie
Rodrigo, an impoverished Italian nobleman takes a job with a New York antique dealer he met overseas. Swearing off women, Rodrigo focuses on his job. But complications arise when he falls in love with his friend's secretary-- and his friend's wife looks to make a date with him.
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The Lover of Camille
Title: The Lover of Camille
Character: Madame Rabouir
Released: September 15, 1924
Type: Movie
The Lover of Camille was a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, and starring Monte Blue. The film was based on the French novel Deburau by Sacha Guitry, which was also adapted into a Broadway play by Harley Granville-Barker.
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The Virgin
Title: The Virgin
Character: The Widow Montez
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
The Virgin (1924)
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The Gentleman from America
Title: The Gentleman from America
Character: Old Inez
Released: February 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Two Army buddies, Dennis O'Shane and Johnny Day, decide to take their furlough in Paris but instead end up in Spain.
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Hungry Hearts
Title: Hungry Hearts
Character: Hanneh
Released: November 26, 1922
Type: Movie
A family of Russian Jews living in New York struggles to survive, while the mother strives to better their lives, but she finds that most of her efforts costs more then they are worth.
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Blood and Sand
Title: Blood and Sand
Character: Angustias
Released: August 5, 1922
Type: Movie
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Doña Sol and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.
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Just Around the Corner
Title: Just Around the Corner
Character: Mrs. Finshreiber
Released: December 11, 1921
Type: Movie
A young woman attempts to find a good man to marry so that her mother may die in peace.