This sanitized take on the famed Rothschild family, a prominent European banking clan with Jewish roots, was in part a Hollywood effort to combat swelling tides of anti-Semitism during the 1930's. After patriarch Mayer (George Arliss) establishes the business, his five sons, led by Nathan rise to significant heights, despite being dogged by a powerful politician. Meanwhile, Mayer's daughter (Loretta Young) falls for a handsome officer.
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