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George Sidney (I), Joe Smith, Charles Dale, Aline MacMahon, Anna Appel ... see more see more... , Ann Brody , Marion Byron , Charles Coleman , Donald Cook , Ruth Hall , Al Jolson , George MacFarlane , Frank Morgan , Harold Waldridge , Oscar Apfel , Madge Evans , Harry Langdon , Chester Conklin , Tyler Brooke , Tammany Young , Bert Roach , Edgar Connor , Dorothea Wolbert , Louise Carver , Burr McIntosh , Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers , Harold Goodwin

Joe Smith and Charlie Dale, the Jewish-dialect comedy team famous for their "Dr. Kronkheit" sketch, provide comic relief in Heart of New York, a filmization of Smith and Dale's Broadway hit Mendel Inc... read more read more.... The team costars with another Hebraic comedian, George Sidney, who portrays good-natured plumber Mendel Maranta. Mendel goes into business for himself after inventing a revolutionary washing machine, accruing wealth beyond his wildest dreams. The ex-plumber learns all too soon that money and happiness are not necessarily hand-in-hand commodities, especially in dealing with the romantic misadventures of daughter Marion Byron. Smith and Dale portray Schnapps and Strudel, a pair of bickering professional matchmakers. The team never became full-fledged movie stars, but Heart of New York showcases their talents to excellent advantage. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 14 min.

Directed by: Lewis Milestone

Release Date: February 3, 1933

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DVD Release Date: February 5, 2002

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  • rubystevens
    September 24, 2011
    rubystevens
    a whimsical and progressive pre-code musical that's likely jolson's best film. instead of blackface, he gets a black sidekick and terrific songs by rodgers and hart. the film flopped perhaps because people couldn't stomach one of the richest men in hollywood singing of the joys o... read moref vagrancy at the height of the depression, but it's still charming and a great display of jolson's talent. btw, the description here is for a different film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021829/) by mervyn leroy
  • sepio41
    January 12, 2009
    sepio41
    al jolson disowned his work in this film and, as a result, a lot of people like to say it's a bomb. it isn't. it's a risk taking film musical that needed a lighter touch than lewis milestone's. and, this may be the dancer in me, but it needed a dance number or two. it's got a ... read moregreat cast supporting jolson and a fun theme song. plus richard rodgers makes a cameo appearance.

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Dennis Schwartz
October 10, 2009
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A whimsical, offbeat and somewhat original Depression-era musical comedy. Full Review

Steve Crum
October 23, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Jolson's best acting; great Rodgers & Hart score; quirky rhymed dialogue

Ken Hanke
October 19, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Yeah, it's all too conscious, but it's brilliantly so.

Jeffrey M. Anderson
October 4, 2002
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

A very strange, pre-code, quasi-musical with a socialist message and a talking performance by silent comic Harry Langdon.

February 23, 2012
Variety

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 17, 2002
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
August 4, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Daniel M. Kimmel
January 30, 2004
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Carol Cling
August 22, 2003
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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