The Singing Blacksmith
The Singing Blacksmith ★★ ½ 1938
A relic of American Yiddish cinema, adapting popular 1909 play by David Pinski. A married blacksmith is wooed by another woman and falls victim to alcoholism. Overlong, but Oysher and his rich baritone voice still shine. In Yiddish with English subtitles. 95m/B VHS . PL Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss, Moishe Oysher; D: Edgar G. Ulmer.
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