Almonds and Raisins (1984)

Cast

Celia Adler (Self)Herschel Bernardi (Self)Eugenie Besserer (Self)Fanny Brice (Self)Orson Welles (Narrator)

Directors

David Elstein, Russ Karel

Synopsis

This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

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