A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Grit of a Jew
(1917) England
B&W : Five reels / 4600 feet
Directed by Maurice Elvey

Cast: Augustus Yorke [Moses Levi], Manora Thew [Leah], Fred Groves [Russell], Hayford Hobbs [Ben Levi], Rachel de Solla [Mrs. Levi], Margaret Blanche (Marguerite Blanche) [Elsie Maudsley], Cecil Mannering, Frank Stanmore, Fred Morgan, Will Asher, Inez Bensusan

Butcher’s Film Service, Limited, production; distributed by Butcher’s Film Service, Limited. / Produced by F.W. Baker. From a screen story by Kenelm Foss. / Released May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Jews

Listing updated: 7 February 2016.

References: Perry-British p. 315 : Website-IMDb.