Private Izzy Murphy (1926)

Isadore Izzy Goldberg changes his name to I Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irishneighborhood in New York City He meets Eileen Cohannigan the daughter of a meatpacker and he tells her he is Irish and a romance begins When America enters World War I Izzy enlists is sent to France and is wounded while engaged in a heroic rescue during a big battle While recovering in an overseas hospital he writes Eileen and tells her he is Jewish and not Irish Returning home he is parading with his regiment and he sees Eileen with Robert OMalley his old rival He thinks she has thrown him over because he is Jewish An Irish lodge comes to bestow an honor on the man they think is Patrick Murphy an Irish hero But OMalley tells them his real name is Goldberg But Eileen tels him it is he she loves and they head for the marriagelicense bureau