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The Italian (1915) Direction: Reginald Barker Screenplay: Thomas H. Ince and C. Gardner Sullivan Cast: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke     George Beban (right) was a renowned stage and vaudeville star. Even though he never became a major film name, Beban appeared in nearly 20 films from the mid-1910s to the mid-1920s, almost invariably in the role of an Italian. His first [...]

In The Italian, George Beban plays an Italian immigrant whose dreams of riches in America quickly turn into a nightmare of poverty and despair.   BEST FILM The Italian d: Reginald Barker; scr: Thomas H. Ince and C. Gardner Sullivan Little Pal d: James Kirkwood; scr: Marshall Neilan   CHECK THESE OUT Carmen d: Cecil B. DeMille; scr: William C. de Mille   BEST ACTOR [...]