Salome of the Tenements

Salome of the Tenements is a 1925 American silent drama film adapted to the screen by Sonya Levien from the Anzia Yezierska novel of the same name.

Made by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor's Famous Players–Lasky Corporation, a division of Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Sidney Olcott and starred Jetta Goudal and Godfrey Tearle.

[1] The film, which was inspired by accounts of the real life of Rose Pastor Stokes, tells the story of poor immigrants living in New York's Jewish Lower East Side.

As described in a film magazine review,[2] Sonya Mendel (Goudal) works at a Jewish newspaper.

She also borrows money from Banker Ben (Tenenholz) and in return she gives a note promising to repay $150 when she marries Manning.