(Mothers of Today)

Content: Mothers of Today features the first motion picture performance of radio star Esther Field, best known on the airwaves of the 1930s as the 'Yiddishe Mama.' The film exemplifies the Yiddish film genre of shund, a brand of popular entertainment which appealed to working-class Jewish-American immigrant audiences with broadly-drawn, sentimental stories that reflected the daily life and culture of a distinctively American Yiddish community. While the shund films were invariably low-budget (and low-brow) affairs, these humble productions formed an important part of life in the United States for their audience.

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Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

85 minutes

Year:

1939

Directors:

Henry Lynn

Actors:

Esther Waldman

Solomon Waldman

Getzel Boxer

Anna Waldman

Breindl 'Beatrice' Boxer

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Director

Writer

Writer