Summaries

This musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher, in a film critic J. Hoberman calls an "anti-Jazz Singer." Oysher stars as a wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart.—National Center for Jewish Film

Details

Keywords
  • family relationships
  • singer
  • rural setting
  • urban setting
  • childhood sweetheart
Genres
  • Drama
  • Musical
Release date Dec 25, 1937
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language Yiddish
Production companies Eron Pictures

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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