No Greater Love is a 1932 drama film directed by Lewis Seiler. It stars Dickie Moore and Alexander Carr.
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Plot
Sidney Cohen, the owner of a deli cares for everyone and is Jewish. Mildred and her mom live above the deli, they are Irish Catholic and Mildred is also unable to walk she spends her time in a wheelchair. When Mildreds mom dies Sidney adopts her. When they hear of a surgeon that could potentially fix her legs Sidney sells a portion of his deli in hope of it working. When the surgery doesn't work the misfortune follows with Mildred getting sent away to the orphanage. Sidney realizes he doesn't have much will to live without Mildred and ends up getting pneumonia. Mildred is able to leave the orphanage and help him back to good health and ends with a miracle and them being reunited.
Cast
Dickie Moore as Tommy Burns
Alexander Carr as Sidney Cohen
Richard Bennett as Surgeon
Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Burns
Hobart Bosworth as Doctor
Betty Jane Graham as Mildred Flannigan
Alec B. Francis as Priest
Mischa Auer as Rabbi
Helen Jerome Eddy as Superintendent
Reception
Film critic Martin Dickstein of the Brooklyn Eagle criticized the film for being excessively melodramatic.