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Upon the release of The Italian, the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review which included the following comments :" There are possibilities in the role of Pietro, in ' The Italian ' ... that a less clever character artist than George Beban might overlook ...

The story is full of human interest, requiring a full understanding of the character, and Beban by look and gesture is at all times in fullest sympathy with the difficult role.

... ll go to make a story that pulsates with human interest.

The pathos of the child's death because of the lack of necessities and the imprisonment of the poor Italian furnish the real lesson of the Ghetto.