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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.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|pp=207–208}} It was the first of six Yiddish films Lynn had been signed by the Empire Film Company to make.<ref name=Hollywood>{{Cite journal |title=Lynn's Yiddish Feature Finished In New York |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |volume=29 |issue=21 |page=4 |date=1935-09-23 |language=English |issn=0018-3660 |id={{ProQuest|2297259085}} |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' estimated that the film cost ten to fifteen thousand dollars to produce.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|p=208}} |
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.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|pp=207–208}} It was the first of six Yiddish films Lynn had been signed by the Empire Film Company to make.<ref name=Hollywood>{{Cite journal |title=Lynn's Yiddish Feature Finished In New York |journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |volume=29 |issue=21 |page=4 |date=1935-09-23 |language=English |issn=0018-3660 |id={{ProQuest|2297259085}} |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' estimated that the film cost ten to fifteen thousand dollars to produce.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|p=208}} |
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The film premiered in October 1935 and has since [[lost film|been lost]]. It showed at New York's Acme Theatre in [[Union Square (New York)|Union Square]]. ''Variety'' reported that the Acme's run lasted four days.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|p=208}} |
The film premiered in October 1935 and has since [[lost film|been lost]]. It showed at New York's Acme Theatre in [[Union Square (New York)|Union Square]]. ''Variety'' reported that the Acme's run lasted four days.{{sfn|Hoberman|1991|p=208}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:12, 19 December 2024
| Shir Hashirim | |
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| Directed by | Henry Lynn |
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| 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
[edit]- Samuel Goldenberg[1]
- Dora Weissman[1]
- Anna Toback[1]
- Mierele Gruber[1]
Production and release
[edit]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
[edit]Variety's Wolfe Kaufman, after disparaging the whole of Yiddish film, wrote that the film's director was unworthy of the job.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ a b c Hoberman 1991, p. 208.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hoberman, J. (1991). Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. Schocken Books. ISBN 978-0-8052-4107-5.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
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