Movie Description

The Cantor's Son

The Cantor's Son

(1937)

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.

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Facts

Original TitleThe Cantor's Son

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1937-12-26

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 30m