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A Screening of OVERTURE TO GLORY (Der Vilner Balebesl)
March 20, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
followed by a Q&A with Moishe Oysher’s niece
actress/singer/impressionist Marilyn Michaels
Join us for the inaugural event of “Welcome Back Yiddish”,
a new endeavor of the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative (BxJHI)
Co-sponsored by and screening at
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The film, in Yiddish with English subtitles, will be followed by
a Q & A with the star’s niece, actress Marilyn Michaels
Moishe Oysher is the “Vilner Balabesl,” the cantor who leaves his position as the beloved Vilna Cantor in order to seek fame and fortune as an opera star in Warsaw. He feels uncomfortable in his new environment and yearns to return home to his wife, child and community.
USA, 1940, 77 minutes – B&W, Yiddish w/English subtitles – Dir. by Max Nosseck
This Yiddish treasure premiered
in 1940 at the
Ascot Theater in the Bronx
“…one of the major events of the Jewish cinema… Moishe Oysher’s voice is truly magnificent….” -The New York Post
“The entire film is done with exquisite restraint… Moishe Oysher’s acting and singing are excellent… the music is magnificent, the finest that Alexander Olshanetsky has ever written… truly an artistic and beautiful triumph of the Yiddish cinema….” -William Edline, The Day (Der Tag)
” A milestone in the course of Yiddish filmmaking.”
-Robert W. Dana, The New York Herald Tribune
Suggested donation: $5
For more information, send an email to BxJHI at thebronxjewish@gmail.com
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