Visions Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past And Present Revised Edition

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From the early Yiddish silent movies to the innovative Soviet-supported productions of the 1920s to the Golden Age of the 1930s to the present revival of the genre Eric Goldman traces the history of Yiddish cinema and the people who shaped its development. Goldman viewed scores of films (some of them considered lost) and combed archives in Europe the former Soviet Union and the United States to uncover details facts and background for his narrative. This new edition includes films of the past fifteen years as well as interviews with Jacob Ben-Ami Ira Greene Joseph Green and Molly Picon. CONTENTS: Introduction: What Is Yiddish Film? Precursors 19101918. Postwar Silent Pictures: Austria Poland and the United States. The Soviet Yiddish Film 19251933. The American Yiddish Sound Picture 19291937. The Golden Age of Yiddish Cinema Part I: Poland 19361939. The Golden Age of Yiddish Cinema Part II: United States 19371940. After the War: Limited Success 19461950. Epilogue: A Rebirth of Interest. Interviews. Filmography 19112010.