House of Rothschild 1934

This sanitized take on the famous Rothschild family, a prominent European banking clan with Jewish roots, was in part a Hollywood effort to combat swelling tides of anti-Semitism during the 1930s. After patriarch Mayer establishes the business, his five sons, led by Nathan , rise to significant heights, despite being dogged by a powerful politician. Meanwhile, daughter of Mayer falls for a handsome officer. Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Arthur Byron, Helen Westley, Reginald Owen
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