Editing The House of Rothschild (section)

==Background==
The movie was produced by Zanuck (who was not Jewish), as an attack on Nazism and anti-semitism following [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s rise to power in Germany in 1933. The story was suggested to him by George Arliss (also non-Jewish) who had made successful film appearances as Jewish characters like [[Shylock]] and [[Benjamin Disraeli]]. Arliss was given the dual role of Amschel Rothschild and one of Rothschild's sons, Nathan Mayer, the one who settled in England.{{clarification needed|date=March 2024}}<!-- That's not what the cast list above says. Not sure which is right.--> Zanuck faced behind-the-scenes opposition from Jewish concerns such as the [[Anti-Defamation League]] but the screenplay passed the muster of the [[Hays Office]], one of whose officials, James Wingate, found no cause for objection and even suggested it be shown to a representative of the German government, a step Zanuck refused to take. In December 1933 the project was endorsed in one major Jewish journal, ''The [[B'nai B'rith]] Messenger''.<ref name="goldman">[https://forward.com/culture/206197/hollywoods-most-misunderstood-and-forgotten-jewish/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20House%20of%20Rothschild%E2%80%9D%20is%20to%20be%20televised,of%20the%20most%20misunderstood%20films%20of%20the%20period] English language online article by Eric A. Goldman, 'Hollywood's Most Misunderstood and Forgotten Jewish Movie', published 23 September 2014 in ''The Forward'' magazine. Accessed 23 July 2021.</ref>