''East and West'' (German: ''Ost und West'') is a 1923 Austrian silent

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directed by Ivan Abramson and Sidney M. Goldin and starring Molly Picon,

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and Sidney M. Goldin.Goldberg p.144 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Good Luck''.

Cast

* Molly Picon as Mollie *

as Jacob Talmudist aka Ben Ali * Sidney M. Goldin as Morris Brownstein aka Brown * Laura Glucksman as Grandmother Brownstein *

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as Alfred Freed *

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References

Bibliography

* Judith N. Goldberg. ''Laughter through tears: the Yiddish cinema''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983.

External links

* 1923 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Ivan Abramson Films directed by Sidney M. Goldin Austrian black-and-white films Films about Jews and Judaism {{Austria-film-stub