| Shir Hashirim | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry Lynn |
| Based on | Shir Hashirim by |
| Produced by | Henry Lynn |
| Starring | Samuel Goldenberg |
| Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Yiddish |
Shir Hashirim ("Song of Songs") is a 1935 lost Yiddish-language film.
Cast
- Samuel Goldenberg
- Dora Weissman
- Anna Toback
- Mierele Gruber
Production and release
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. It was the first of six Yiddish films Lynn had been signed by the Empire Film Company to make. Variety estimated that the film cost ten to fifteen thousand dollars to produce.
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.
Reception
Variety's Wolfe Kaufman, after disparaging the whole of Yiddish film, wrote that the film's director was unworthy of the job.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Hoberman 1991, p. 208.
Bibliography
- Hoberman, J. (1991). Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. Schocken Books. ISBN 978-0-8052-4107-5.
Further reading
- 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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