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The Jester (1937 Film)
Der Purimspiler ( en, The Jester, yi, דער פורים שפּילער) is a 1937 Polish black-and-white Yiddish musical comedy film directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski, with music by Nicholas Brodszky. Plot The film is set in a Galicia (eastern Europe), Galician shtetl before World War I, rich with itinerant performers and star-crossed lovers. Getzel, an itinerant ''Purimspiler'' (Jester) arrives in a town seeking work. He eventually finds a job in the shoemakers shop of Reb Nachum, where he meets Esther, the daughter of the house. He falls in love with her, but lacks courage to tell her. When the circus arrives in town, Esther's head in turned by Dick, a sophisticated smooth-talking performer with the circus, leaving Getzel even more despondent. Esther's father inherits a large sum of money; he abandons his shoe-making trade, puts on airs, and tries to marry her to Yossel, the son of a prominent family. But she won't have it. Nachum orders a Purimspiel (Purim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Green (actor)
Joseph Green (April 23, 1900 Zylbercweig, Zalmen, with Jacob Mestel, Eds. (1931).Grinberg, Yosef. ''Leksikon fun yidishn teater'' exicon of the Yiddish theatre New York: Farlag "Elisheva". Vol. 1, col. 532. English translation/adaptation available online at thMuseum of Family History – June 20, 1996),Blumenthal, Ralph (June 22, 19960.. ''New York Times''. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23 born Yoysef Grinberg,Robboy, Ron (March 3, 2000). "Victor Packer". ''Mendele'' moderated mailing list for Yiddish language and literature. Vol. 09.068. Available as downloadable text file in th''Mendele'' archives Retrieved 2017-06-23. Robboy, a scholar of Yiddish theater music, recounts that "Yoysef Grinberg", who acted with the "Undzer Teater" experimental theater group in New York in 1925, "later changed his name to Joseph Green for his work as director of several classic Yiddish films", including ''A brivele der mamen'' and ''Yidl mitn fidl''. a.k.a. Josef Grünberg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |