The Cantor's Son (1937)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 26, 1937Release Date
The Cantor's Son (1937)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 26, 1937Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Moyshe Oysher
Saul 'Shloimele' Reichman

Florence Weiss
Helen

Judith Abarbanel
Rivke

Michael Rosenberg
Yossel Lutchik

Juda Bleich
Cantor Zanvel Reichman

Bertha Guttenberg
Malke Reichman

Isidore Cashier
W.H. Rosovitch

Vicki Marcus
Saul as a young boy

Lorraine Abarbanal
Rivke as a young girl

Daniel Makarenko

Irving Honigman
Ben, club manager

Rose Wallerstein
Clara, Helen's roommate

Ilya Motyleff
Director

Sidney M. Goldin
Director

Mark Schweid
Writer

Aleksandr Olshanetsky
Composer
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
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