The Cantor's Son

The Cantor's Son

Movie 1937-12-26 1h 30m Drama Music
★ 7.0 / 10 · 2 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1937-12-26
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
Yiddish
Links
IMDb, Letterboxd
Directors
Ilya Motyleff Sidney M. Goldin
Cast
Moyshe Oysher Moyshe Oysher Saul 'Shloimele' Reichman Florence Weiss Florence Weiss Helen Judith Abarbanel Judith Abarbanel Rivke Michael Rosenberg Michael Rosenberg Yossel Lutchik Juda Bleich Juda Bleich Cantor Zanvel Reichman
Bertha Guttenberg Bertha Guttenberg Malke Reichman
Isidore Cashier Isidore Cashier W.H. Rosovitch Vicki Marcus Vicki Marcus Saul as a young boy
Lorraine Abarbanal Lorraine Abarbanal Rivke as a young girl
Daniel Makarenko Daniel Makarenko
Irving Honigman Irving Honigman Ben, club manager
Rose Wallerstein Rose Wallerstein Clara, Helen's roommate
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