The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild
	; Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Produced by	William Goetz; Raymond Griffith; Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	G. H. Westley (play); Nunnally Johnson
Starring	George Arliss; Loretta Young; Boris Karloff
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Editing by	Barbara McLean; Allen McNeil
Studio	Twentieth Century Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	April 7, 1934
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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This article is about a film. For the banking family, see Rothschild family.

The House of Rothschild (1934) is an American film written by Nunnally Johnson from the play by George Hembert Westley, and directed by Alfred L. Werker.

The movie stars George Arliss, Loretta Young, and Boris Karloff, in the biographical story of the rise of the Rothschild family of European bankers.

Its final sequence was one of the first shot in the three-strip Technicolor process, along with the MGM musical The Cat and the Fiddle, released in February 1934.

A scene from The House of Rothschild was used in the Nazi feature film The Eternal Jew (1940) without the permission of the copyright holders.

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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The House of Rothschild
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Produced by	William Goetz Raymond Griffith Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	G. H. Westley (play) Nunnally Johnson
Starring	George Arliss Loretta Young Boris Karloff
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Editing by	Barbara McLean Allen McNeil
Studio	Twentieth Century Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	April 7, 1934 (1934-04-07)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English