The Cantor's Son (1937)

12/26/1937 (EN) • • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

The Cantor's Son (1937)

12/26/1937 (EN) • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Saul 'Shloimele' Reichman

Helen

Judith Abarbanel

Rivke

Michael Rosenberg

Yossel Lutchik

Cantor Zanvel Reichman

Bertha Guttenberg

Malke Reichman

Isidore Cashier

W.H. Rosovitch

Saul as a young boy

Lorraine Abarbanal

Rivke as a young girl

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Status

Released

Original Language

Yiddish

Budget

-

Revenue

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