| Shir Hashirim | |
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| Directed by | Henry Lynn |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Henry Lynn |
| Starring | Samuel Goldenberg |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Yiddish |
Shir Hashirim ("Song of Songs") is a 1935 lost Yiddish-language film.
Cast
- Samuel Goldenberg[1]
- Dora Weissman[1]
- Anna Toback[1]
- Mierele Gruber[1]
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.[2] It was the first of six Yiddish films Lynn had been signed by the Empire Film Company to make.[1] Variety estimated that the film cost ten to fifteen thousand dollars to produce.[3]
The film premiered in October 1935 and has since been lost. It showed at New York's Acme Theatre in Union Square. Variety reported that the Acme's run lasted four days.[3]
Reception
Variety's Wolfe Kaufman, after disparaging the whole of Yiddish film, wrote that the film's director was unworthy of the job.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Lynn's Yiddish Feature Finished In New York". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 (21): 4. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0018-3660. ProQuest 2297259085.
- ↑ Hoberman 1991, pp. 207–208.
- 1 2 3 Hoberman 1991, p. 208.
Bibliography
- Hoberman, J. (1991). Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. Schocken Books. ISBN 978-0-8052-4107-5.
Further reading
- Kaufman, Wolfe (October 23, 1935). "Film Reviews: Shir Hashirim". Variety. Vol. 120, no. 6. p. 13. ISSN 0042-2738. ProQuest 1475931894.
- S., H. T. (1935). "At the Acme Theatre". New York Times. p. 31. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101370150.