I Want to be a BoarderFilm★ 8.01937I Want to be a BoarderA lively short about a husband and wife who seek to reignite their marriage by pretending to be landlady and tenant.Open details →
Film★ 7.01936Love and SacrificeThe tale of a middle-class matron who shoots the man who compromises her, Love and Sacrifice is a prime example of "shund," the melodramatic, theatrical, escapist entertainment of the Yiddish theater.Open details →
Film★ 6.51933The Wandering JewThe Wandering Jew tells the story of Arthur Levi (Jacob Ben-Ami), a German-Jewish artist who experiences the new German antisemitism when his masterpiece, a portrait of his Polish-born father entitled "The Eternal Wanderer" is rejected by the Berlin Academy of Art, which also asks his resignation as professor. Later in the film the figure in the painting comes to life and tells Levi the story of the persecution of the Jewish people. The film ends with footage of an anti-Hitler rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden and Levi's resolve to bear onward in the face of adversity.Open details →
Film★ 7.01920The Sacred FlameYoung high school teacher Rosalie Allen rejects the love of Dr. Paul Duncan to "save" Lionel Brooks, a man down on his luck.Open details →
