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Shir Hashirim (film)
''Shir Hashirim'' ("Song of Songs") is a 1935 lost Yiddish-language film. Cast * Samuel Goldenberg * Dora Weissman * Anna Toback * Mierele Gruber Production and release The film is based on the ''Shir Hashirim'' ("Song of Songs") operetta by Joseph Rumshinsky and Anshel Schorr. The low-budget Yiddish talkie, directed by Henry Lynn, intersperses English-language titles with the spoken dialogue. It was the first of six Yiddish films Lynn had been signed by the Empire Film Company to make. ''Variety'' estimated that the film cost ten to fifteen thousand dollars to produce. The film premiered in October 1935 and has since been lost. It showed at New York's Acme Theatre in Union Square Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un .... ''Variety'' reported that the Acme's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lynn
Henry Lynn (July 21, 1895 – August 25, 1984) was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, who concentrated on Yiddish life and culture in the United States, early twentieth century, (1932–1939), the era of Yiddish film in America. Lynn was an innovator in sound technology, frequently commissioned original music, and he used popular radio and opera stars Boris Thomashefsky, Esther Field, and Seymour Rechzeit, as well as New York stage actors like Celia Adler. Biography Lynn was born in the region of Białystok, then Russian Empire, now in Poland. Frustrated by difficulties of obtaining an education in Białystok, he emigrated to America, arriving in Boston in 1914. Initially, he taught languages in Boston and suburbs, Dorchester, Lynn, and Revere. Later he moved to New York City where he taught Hebrew and Russian, then became a film producer/director/writer, 1932-1939. During WWII Lynn created a business to manufacture plastic products for the war effort,''Bridge of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shir Hashirim (operetta)
Anshel Schorr ( yi, אַנשל שור; October 25, 1871 - May 31, 1942), also known by the anglicized name Albert Schorr, was an Austrian-born American playwright, lyricist, theater manager and composer active in the Yiddish Theatre of the early twentieth century. He worked with many of the famous figures of that era including Joseph Rumshinsky, Arnold Perlmutter, Molly Picon, Jacob P. Adler, and David Kessler, and wrote or co-wrote more than fifty plays and operettas which were widely performed in Europe and the Americas. His songs were recorded by contemporary artists such as Pepi Litman, Pesach Burstein, Mordechai Hershman and Simon Paskal. His wife, Dora Weissman, was also a well-known Yiddish theatre actor. Biography Early life Anshel Schorr was born in Zolochiv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary on October 25, 1871. His father, Zallel Schorr, was a follower of Hasidic Judaism and a Melamed and his mother was named Rachel Perlmutter. The family relocated to Lviv when Anshel was 6 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
