No Greater Love

This film is about as contrived as can be. Carr plays a Jewish delicatessen owner who adopts an orphaned, disabled Irish girl. The courts naturally want to take the kid away from Carr, but he proves that he is a worthy parent despite the cultural differences. Carr plays a stereotypical Jew, mumbling Yiddish phrases and singing Yiddish lullabies. The cast really does an admirable job, given all the cliches and stock situations they are up against. Considering that Hollywood moguls were overwhelmingly Jewish, it's a real surprise that such stereotypes were prevalent throughout the films of the 1930s and 1940s.