Peretz Hirschbein's legendary tale of a young Hasidic scholar who leaves his studies to search the countryside for common people and a meaningful existence close to the land.  He happens upon a family of simple Jewish peasants who take him in as a boarder and tutor for their children, one of whom is an attractive young woman.  With Michael Goldstein, Herschel Bernardi and Helen Beverly. USA. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer & Jacob Ben-Ami. 

"The direction deserves praise for the kindly, understanding manner in which the simple folk-story has been handled and performed."-Variety 
 

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ISBN 1-56082-078-0 
95 min., #732, B&W,1937,  
Yiddish w/new Eng. subtitles, $49.95 
 

Mirele Efros 

Jacob Gordin's classic play about a noble, dignified widow and successful businesswoman who comes into conflict with the daughter-in-law she chose for her son.  Her generosity and love for her son lead to her own undoing.  A classic study in the relations between mothers- and daughters-in-law.  With Berta Gersten, Ruth Elbaum and Michael Rosenberg. USA. Directed by Josef Berne. 
 
"The kind of performance that was as much ritual as theater."-Vincent Canby, New York Times  

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ISBN 1-56082-006-3  
80 min., #752, B&W, 1938,  
Yiddish w/Eng. subtitles, $49.95  
 
  
The Light Ahead 
(Fishke der Krumer)

Mendele Mokher Seforim's penetrating look at shtetl life!. Fishke, who is lame and a ward of the Jewish community, is in love with Hodl, who is blind.  The two are kept from marrying until a traveling bookseller turns the community's fear of the supernatural to the couple's advantage.  With David Opatoshu, Helen Beverly and Isidore Cashier.  USA. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

"Beverly and Opatoshu are perhaps the most beautiful couple in the history of Yiddish cinema."-The Village Voice

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ISBN 1-56082-101-9
94 min., #738, B&W, 1939,
Yiddish w/new Eng. subtitles, $49.95