Editing The House of Rothschild (section)

==Reception==
The movie had positive reviews from various American journals; although the film made no reference to then-current events in Germany, some critics noticed similarities to the Nazi regime's treatment of German Jews—such as the columnist of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', who considered it "shrewdly timed to touch obliquely on current Jew-baiting in Germany". It was also publicly endorsed by the [[National Council of Jewish Women]], which helped make it acceptable.<ref name=goldman/>

The film was the biggest hit of the year for Twentieth Century Pictures, which had only been formed in June 1933.<ref>Douglas W. Churchill, 'The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era', ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 30, 1934: X5</ref> It was one of United Artists' most popular films of the year.<ref>{{cite news|title=TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD|author=D. W.|date=Nov 25, 1934|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|101193306}}}}</ref> It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].

In a close contest ''The House of Rothschild'' was voted the second best picture of 1934 in ''[[Film Daily]]''{{'}}s annual poll of critics, narrowly edged out by ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Alicoate|first=Jack|date=1935|title=The 1935 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures, 17th Annual Edition|publisher=The Film Daily|page=59|url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyyearboo00film_5/page/58/mode/2up|access-date=2022-07-23|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

Two scenes from ''The House of Rothschild'' were used in the German antisemitic propaganda film ''[[The Eternal Jew (1940 film)|The Eternal Jew]]'' (1940)<ref name="Barnouw1993">{{cite book|last=Barnouw|first=Erik|title=Documentary: a history of the non-fiction film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtZ91DNvgBMC&pg=PA141|access-date=29 September 2014|year=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-507898-5|page=142}}</ref><ref name=goldman/> without the permission of the copyright holders.