Overture to glory = Shṭoṭ ḥazn / G & L presents ; screen play by Max Nosseck & Ossip Dymow ; dialogue by Jacob Gladstone ; directed by Max Nosseck.

Overture to glory = Shṭoṭ ḥazn

In strictly-segregated Poland, a young cantor -- the legendary Moyshe Oysher -- succumbs to the allure of Gentile culture and joins the Warsaw Opera. Based on the true story that inspired The Jazz Singer.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nosseck, Max (Screenwriter), Dymow, Ossip, 1878-1959 (Screenwriter), Gladstone, Jacob (Screenwriter), Oysher, Moishe (Actor), Beverley, Helen (Actor), Weiss, Florence (Actor), Freed, Lazar (Actor), Mylong, John (Actor), Elliott, Leonard (Actor), Olshanetsky, Alexander (composer (expression)), Williams, Larry (Cinematographer), Malkames, Don (cinematosgrapher.), Landy, Ludwig (executive producer.), Greene, Ira (executive producer.), Arnshṭeyn, Marḳ, -1942 or 1943
Format:	Electronic Video
Language:	English Yiddish
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kino Lorber, 1940. Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Subjects:	Singers > Poland > Drama. Fathers and sons > Drama. Culture conflict > Drama. Cantors (Judaism) > Poland > Drama. Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Fiction films.
Online Access:	Streaming video (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:	Kanopy

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Summary:	In strictly-segregated Poland, a young cantor -- the legendary Moyshe Oysher -- succumbs to the allure of Gentile culture and joins the Warsaw Opera. Based on the true story that inspired The Jazz Singer.
Item Description:	Title from title frames. Film. In Process Record. Overture to glory: based on a play by Mark Arnstein, which was based on a legend, the Vilna Balabessel. Restored.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Production Credits:	Dialogue, Jacob Gladstone ; music, Alexander Olshanetsky ; photography, Larry Williams, Don Malkames ; art direction, Maurice McDermott ; executive producers, Ludwig Landy, Ira Greene.
Participant or Performer:	Moishe Oysher, Helen Beverley, Florence Weiss, Lazar Freed, Jack Mylong Munz, Leonard Elliot..
Language:	In Yiddish with English subtitles. In English, Hebrew, Yiddish.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1940.