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The Cantor's son

Title
The Cantor's son [videorecording] / produced by Arthur Block and Samuel M. Segal.
Publication
Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media, 1937.

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Additional Authors
  • Oysher, Moishe.
  • Goldin, Sidney.
  • Motyleff, Ilya.
Description
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Based on the life of its star Moishe Oysher, this is the story of a Jewish lad who leaves his native Belz with a troupe of wandering performers. The talented youth, now an adult, reaches the shores of America but is barely able to subsist. Landing a job as a custodian in a Second Avenue nightclub, he is discovered as possessing an exceptionally fine voice and gains immediate fame. Success is meaningless for he longs to return to Eastern Europe to celebrate his parents' golden anniversary. Arriving home, he discovers and marries his childhood sweetheart. Marking the film debut of Moishe Oysher, the movie was filmed in the Pocono Mountains near Easton, Pennsylvania. Director Sidney Goldin died during production and was succeeded by Ilya Motyleff. The film has been described as an "anti-Jazz Singer" and signified a change in American Yiddish films by idealizing Eastern European life.
Alternative Title
Dem Khazns Zundl.
Subject
Jews > Fiction
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Note
  • In Yiddish with English subtitles.
  • Yiddish title: Dem Khazns Zundl.
  • Adapted from a story by Louis Freiman.
Credits (note)
  • Directors, Sidney Goldin, Ilya Motyleff; screenplay, Mark Schweid; music, Alexander Olshanetsky.
Performer (note)
  • Moishe Oysher, Florence Weiss, Michael Rosenberg, Isidore Cashier, Judith Abarbanel, Yehuda Bleich.
Title
The Cantor's son [videorecording] / produced by Arthur Block and Samuel M. Segal.
Imprint
Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media, 1937.
Credits
Directors, Sidney Goldin, Ilya Motyleff; screenplay, Mark Schweid; music, Alexander Olshanetsky.
Cast
Moishe Oysher, Florence Weiss, Michael Rosenberg, Isidore Cashier, Judith Abarbanel, Yehuda Bleich.
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Added Author
Oysher, Moishe.
Goldin, Sidney.
Motyleff, Ilya.
Added Title
Dem Khazns Zundl.
Branch Call Number
VTH 2540 C
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