Forgotten

Lee Kohlmar spent many years building up his dye-importing business. Despite some warnings, he retires, leaving it to his sons, Leon Ames and Selmer Jackson. At first he enjoys his retirement, but rifts begin to open at home, where his daughter-in-law objects to his pipe and his hovering presence. So he goes to stay with his other son, who also has a wife.... and eventually he stays in an old folks home, where the boys dutifully visit each Saturday. Then his daughter, June Clyde, returns from California, where she has been nursing his old friend Otto Lederer.

It's quite obviously KING LEAR among the Jews up to this point, although the third act is a bit different. It's a very good variation. Under Richard Thorpe's efficient Poverty Row direction, matters proceed at a good clip, with a couple of interesting low-key scenes and a sympathetically written role for Kohlmar. I found his line readings a bit slow, but since he plays it with an accent, that is probably a deliberate choice to give the goyim a chance to figure out precisely what he is saying.