Humoresque is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, released by Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount Pictures, and was directed by Frank Borzage from a 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst and script or scenario by Frances Marion. It follows the childhood and going to war of an immigrant family Lower East Side violinist.
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L-R: Dore Davidson, Bobby Connelly and Miriam Battista in Humoresque (1920)
Image: Photoplay Medal
Image: Photoplay Medal 1920
Cosmopolitan Productions, also often referred to as Cosmopolitan Pictures, was an American film company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923 and Hollywood until 1938.
Marion Davies in Yolanda (1924)