The Cantor's Son (1937)

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.

Directing:
  • Ilya Motyleff
  • Sidney M. Goldin

Stars:
Release Date: 1937-12-26
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  • Runtime: 90
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