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Mothers Of Today (1939)

  
Format:  Mothers Of Today DVD 
 
 
Unusual Yiddish drama that looks at Jewish-American life in 1930s and the growing "generation gap" between immigrant parents and their children. A cantor's son causes heartbreak for his family when he begins a life of crime and runs off with a woman of easy virtue. Esther Field stars. 90 min. In Yiddish with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D63715
$79.99
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Category:
Foreign
Director:
Henry Lynn
Color:
Black & White
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Esther Field, Max Rosenblatt, Simon Wolf, Paula Lubelska, Arthur Winters, Leon Seidenberg, Vera Lubow, Gertrude Krause, Jack Shargel, Louis Goldstein
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