By Vlad Zakh · May 4, 2026
Vera Gordon brought a warm, endearing presence to Hollywood across the silent and sound eras and became beloved for portraying devoted Jewish mothers. Humoresque and The Good Provider are early melodramas, Potash and Perlmutter navigates garment-trade rivalry and romance, The Cohens and Kellys unites feuding families through their children’s love, Private Izzy Murphy returns a Jewish soldier as a hero, and You and Me hides a criminal past from an ex-convict.
01 Vera Gordon appears in this Fritz Lang drama about a department store employee who hides her criminal past from the ex-convict she falls in love with.
Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 34m · Rated NR
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02 Vera Gordon features in this silent comedy about a Jewish soldier who returns from war a hero, adopting an Irish surname that complicates his romance.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 20m
03 Vera Gordon features in this silent comedy where two feuding Irish and Jewish families are brought together when their children fall in love.
Directed by Harry A. Pollard · 1h 20m · Rated NR
04 Vera Gordon features in this silent comedy about two bickering business partners in the garment industry who navigate rivalry, romance and near-ruin.
Directed by Clarence G. Badger · 1h 20m
05 Vera Gordon is in this silent drama about a hardworking immigrant businessman whose sudden wealth and its loss test his family's bond.
Directed by Frank Borzage · 1h 20m
06 Alma Rubens features in this silent drama about a poor immigrant mother whose sacrifices help her musically gifted son become a celebrated violinist.
Directed by Frank Borzage · 1h 11m
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