The Cantor's Son

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 26, 1937

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Yiddish

Cast

Judith Abarbanel,Irving Honigman,Lorraine Abarbanal,Rose Wallerstein,Moyshe Oysher,Juda Bleich,Daniel Makarenko,Michael Rosenberg,Vicki Marcus,Florence Weissand 2 more

Director

Ilya Motyleff,Sidney M. Goldin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0029079