The Cantor's Son

The Cantor's Son

1937
1h 30m
6.0

6.0/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Spoken Languages
Yiddish

Quick Facts

Release Date December 26, 1937
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0029079

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

Key Crew

Ilya Motyleff
Director
Sidney M. Goldin
Director

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