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The Cantor's Son

6.0/10
December 26, 1937
90 minutes
Ilya Motyleff
Drama Music

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

December 26, 1937

Runtime

90 minutes

Director

Ilya Motyleff

Rating

6.0/10

Cast

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