The Cantor's Son
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.
Top-billed cast
- JJudith Abarbanel
- IIrving Honigman
- LLorraine Abarbanal
- RRose Wallerstein
- MMoyshe Oysher
- JJuda Bleich
- DDaniel Makarenko
- MMichael Rosenberg
- VVicki Marcus
- FFlorence Weiss
Crew
- Directors
- Ilya Motyleff, Sidney M. Goldin
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Who directed The Cantor's Son?
The Cantor's Son was directed by Ilya Motyleff, Sidney M. Goldin.
When was The Cantor's Son released?
The Cantor's Son was released in 1937.
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