Summary
A transatlantic odyssey of cultural friction, Good Luck (1924) chronicles the return of Morris Brown—a New York rogue whose spirituality is measured in poker chips—to the ancestral tapestries of Galicia. Accompanying him is Mollie, portrayed with kinetic brilliance by Molly Picon, whose slapstick vitality disrupts the somber liturgical rhythms of her kin. This cinematic tapestry weaves a romance of iconoclasm as a devoted yeshiva scholar abandons the cloistered safety of tradition, shearing his religious identity for the unpredictable allure of the secular world, all to secure the hand of his Americanized muse. The film serves as a vibrant collision between the burgeoning modernity of the Jazz Age and the steadfast, vanishing customs of the Old World shtetl.
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Morris Brown, a New York gambler acquainted more with his checkbook than his prayer book, returns to Galicia with his very American daughter, Mollie (Molly Picon) for a family wedding. But Mollie, whose exuberant antics fill the film, unexpectedly meets her match--an engaging young yeshiva scholar who forsake tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart.
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