| A Harp in Hock | |
| Director: | Renaud Hoffman Glenn Belt (ass't director) |
| Producer: | DeMille Pictures |
| Starring: | Rudolph Schildkraut Junior Coghlan May Robson Bessie Love |
| Cinematography: | Dewey Wrigley |
| Editing: | W. Donn Hayes |
| Studio: | DeMille Pictures |
| Distributor: | Pathé Exchange |
| Runtime: | 6 reels; 5,995 feet |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan,[1] is a lost[2] [3] 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love,[4] [5] and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.
In New York City, pawnbroker Isaac Abrams (Schildkraut) must take in an orphaned immigrant boy Tommy (Coghlan) after his mother (Bartlett) dies. Tommy assists at the pawn shop and goes to school, but after a fight with a bully, the bully's mother Mrs. Banks (Robson) reports him to authorities and has him sent to an orphanage.
Tommy escapes and returns to New York, where he upsets Mrs. Banks and a riot breaks out, but Abrams then adopts Tommy.[6] [7] [8]
The film received positive reviews, particularly the performances of Schildkraut and Coghlan.