The Cantor's Son

Sun 30 Mar. Brandeis University, Lown 2, MS053, Waltham, 02454. Sharon P. Rivo, Executive Director, 781-899-7044, rivo@brandeis.edu. National Center for Jewish Film - [events]

SUN | MARCH 30 | 4:15 PM Dem Khazns Zundl USA | 1937 | 90 min | Yiddish with NEW English subtitles Directors: Ilya Motyleff & Sidney Goldin New England Premiere New 35mm Film Restoration by The National Center for Jewish Film Special Guest: Producer Mrs. Samuel Segal Moderator: Sharon Pucker Rivo, National Center for Jewish Film This toe-tapping Yiddish musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher in the title role critic J. Hoberman calls the “anti-Jazz Singer.” Leaving behind his Shtetle Belz for New York's Lower East Side, Sol eventually lands the American dream, becoming a popular singer and radio star. But can he be truly happy turning his back on tradition? Like his film character, Oysher—the son of a cantor—was a matinee idol (“the Jewish