San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

My Son, The Hero

Part of special program Jewish Boxers

A delightful slapstick farce starring the great Jewish boxer "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, who had a second career as a film actor. Rosenbloom plays Kid Slug, a punch-drunk fighter who shares a seedy hotel room with "Big Time" Percy Morgan (Roscoe Karns), a genial con man and third-rate fight manager. All hell breaks loose when Big Time, who has been fabricating stories of his wealth to his son in the Army, learns the boy is coming home on furlough. Big Time's efforts to borrow a mansion and look like a success lead to comic hijiinks and budding romance. Legendary Jewish director Edgar G. Ulmer showcases Rosenbloom's meat-and-potatoes acting talent as well as the zany and enchanting comedic performances of Karns and the great Patsy Kelly (playing Gerty, a sharp-witted New Yorker).

Principal cast: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom.

Arianné Ulmer Cipes, the filmmaker's daughter, will be in attendance at the Castro screening.

Presented with Max Baer's Last Right Hook

Co-presented by the Judah L. Magnes Museum and Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco