{"product_id":"the-living-orphan-der-lebediker-yusem-yiddish-movie-dvd-with-english-subtitles","title":"The Living Orphan - Der Lebediker Yusem - Yiddish Movie DVD with English subtitles","description":"Der Lebediker Yusem aka My Sonny\n\u003cbr\u003eUSA 1937 97minutes B\u0026amp;W\u003cbr\u003eYiddish with English subtitles\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Joseph Seiden\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Play by Sholom SecundaThe Living Orphan is a dramatic tale of immigrant hardship that highlights some of the traumatic problems \u003cbr\u003eof the immigrant experience, including alcoholism, separation and poverty. \u003cbr\u003eThe child star, Jerry Rosenberg (Ross) gives a memorable performance as the son Benny \u003cbr\u003eand the film introduces two European stars Fanina Rubina and Gustav Berger.\u003cbr\u003eThe plot centers on the story of a stage couple that develops marital problems due to the demands of the theatre.\u003cbr\u003e The husband, whose career is failing, insists that the wife stay home to tend their young son.\u003cbr\u003e The subplot focuses on the plight of a woman who chooses her career over family obligations.\u003cbr\u003eSet in New York in the 1930's, the film contains some interesting street shots of the Lower East Side and a marvelous scene in the Bialystoker Old Folks Home\u003cbr\u003e One of the best Second Avenue Yiddish theatre domestic melodramas produced in New York City just prior to World War II,\u003cbr\u003e the film provides a wonderful example of the sentimental dramas created to entertain and educate the immigrant community\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the documentation of the film, the Ohio Censorship Board demanded that one scene be eliminated in which the character Lebka says, \u003cbr\u003e'I should go to work for whom? For Morgan? For Rockerfeller, for Henry Ford? If the capitalists will go to work, then I will work. They don't have to work, they have plenty of money.'\u003cbr\u003eThe National Center for Jewish Film owns the original nitrate negative and all the rights and copyrights to the property\u003cbr\u003eThis film, together with pieces of 30 feature film titles was acquired in 1976 from the family of Joseph Seiden\"","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253550420133,"sku":"DVD_Living_Orphan","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/DVD_Living_Orphan.jpg?v=1725092568","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-living-orphan-der-lebediker-yusem-yiddish-movie-dvd-with-english-subtitles","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}