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Joseph Green Classics
Over
sixty years ago, Joseph Green (1900-1996) began making Yiddish movies in
Poland, collaborating with many of the outstanding artists of the Yiddish
world, both here and there. The outbreak of war brought an end to that
era. These four films are a precious legacy.
Yidl
Mitn Fidl
(Yidl
with a Fiddle)
Molly Picon plays a young woman who poses as a man in order to join
a band of musicians travelling the Polish countryside. She falls
in love with one of her colleagues with delightfully humorous results.
Filled with music and charm, Molly, in her greatest role, amuses and entertains.
Also with Simche Fostel, Max Bozyk and Leon Liebgold. Poland.
"Miss Picon puts so much infectious gayety...that the result is genuine entertainment."-New York Times
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92 min., #710, B&W, 1936,
Yiddish w/new Eng. subtitles, $49.95
Der
Purimshpiler
(The
Jester)
A romantic comedy about a drifter who wanders from "shtetl to shtetl."
He finds brief happiness when he falls in love with a shoemaker's daughter
in a small Galician town. A likable fantasy about a love triangle and man's
quest for the unobtainable. With Miriam Kressyn and Zygmund Turkow. Poland.
"Der Purimshpiler is the best Yiddish film this reviewer has ever seen."-New York Daily News
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90 min., #715, B&W, 1937,
Yiddish w/Eng. subtitles, $49.95
Mamele
(Little
Mother)
Molly Picon is Khavtshi, the youngest daughter of a widower, who is
left with the responsibility of tending house for a helpless and indifferent
family of seven. As such, she becomes the "mamele," their "little
mother." Filled with that special brand of humor and song that made Molly
Picon the undisputed queen of Yiddish musicals. With Edmund Zayenda. Poland.
"Lots of fun-90 mins. of laughter."-New York Times
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95 min., #720, B&W, 1938,
Yiddish w/new Eng. subtitles, $49.95
A
Brivele der Mamen
(A
Letter to Mother)
This delightfully sentimental and moving story focuses on one Jewish
mother's efforts to keep her family together. A wonderful mix of intense
melodrama and stylized comedy. With Lucy & Misha Gehrman and Edmund
Zayenda. Poland.
"Can be enjoyed 'not only' by the Yiddish audience
who should find it delightful."-New York Post
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100 min., #725, B&W, 1938,
Yiddish w/new Eng. subtitles, $49.95
