Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography (p. 219-248).
Contents:
Introduction : what is a Yiddish film? -- Precursors, 1910-1918 -- Postwar silent pictures : Austria, Poland, and the United States -- The Soviet Yiddish film, 1925-1933 -- The American Yiddish sound picture, 1929-1937 -- The golden age of Yiddish cinema, Part I: Poland, 1936-1939 -- The golden age of Yiddish cinema, Part II : United States, 1937-1940 -- After the war : limited success, 1946-1950 -- Epilogue: a rebirth of interest -- Interviews: Jacob Ben-Ami ; Joseph Green ; Ira Greene ; Molly Picon.
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