The Italian

(1915)

73 minutes

Drama / Silent

Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast:

George Beban as Pietro 'Beppo' Donnetti

Clara Williams as Annette Ancello Donnetti

J. Frank Burke as Trudo Ancello

Leo Willis as Bill Corrigan

Fanny Midgley

This film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

The Italian is an American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side