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East and west = Mizreḥ un Mayrev / Listo/Picon Films ; directed by Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures, Yiddish.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--Drama.
- Jews.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- [1991 restored version].
- Other Title:
- Mizreḥ un Mayrev
- Ost und West.
- Place of Publication:
- Waltham, MA : The National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University, [1991]
- Language Note:
- Silent, with music; subtitles are in English and Yiddish.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- In a comedic film about assimilation and Jewish values, sophisticated New Yorker Morris Brown travels back to his village to attend his niece's traditional wedding. There he encounters the rambunctious Mollie, whose hijinks include boxing, and teaching other young villagers to shimmy. Mollie meets her match, however, in an engaging young yeshiva scholar who forsakes tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart.
- Participant:
- Molly Picon, Jacob Kalish, Sidney M. Goldin, Saul Nathan, Laura Glucksman, Eugen Newfeld, Johannes Roth.
- Credits:
- Score produced and developed by Henry Sapoznik; arranged and performed by Peter Sokolow.
- Notes:
- "The Rutenberg & Everett Yiddish Film library of The National Center for Jewish Film presents..."--Container.
- "Austrian title: Ost und West"
- Film originally produced in Austria in 1923; film restored in 1982; new musical score added in 1991.
- Description based on VHS record.
- Other Format:
- VHS version: East and west.
- OCLC:
- 25793476
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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