Private Izzy Murphy

Private Izzy Murphy is a 1926 silent film with Vitaphone sound effects, starring George Jessel, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The film was released by Warner Bros.. It is unknown if a copy survives meaning it could be a lost film. The film was followed up by Sailor Izzy Murphy.

When passing under the shamrocks decorating the portals of the Hippodrome one is prepared to find a farce in the new picture there, for its title to Private Izzy Murphy. Nothing of the soil this production, in which George Jessel makes his film dbut, is a dignified fourth cousin of Abies Irish Rose. It is a feature that has a decided inclination to be melancholy and to emphasize this mood there is a wealth of tearful closeups.Mr. Jessel proves his ability to act before the camera, but much of his good, work is wasted on this vehicle. Mr. Jessel wants something less lachrymose and more whimsical. There are scenes in this production that betray little imagination in their direction, and, as happens in many a melodrama, the excitement of the characters, their joy or their sadness, in lieu of causing a sob makes one smile. ........

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