The Cantor's Son
The Cantor's Son
1937, English. Directed by Ilya Motyleff & Sidney M. Goldin.
This musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher, in a film critic J. Hoberman calls an "anti-Jazz Singer." Oysher stars as a wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Ilya MotyleffDirector
- Sidney M. GoldinDirector
- Moyshe OysherSaul 'Shloimele' Reichman
- Florence WeissHelen
- Judith AbarbanelRivke
- Michael RosenbergYossel Lutchik
- Juda BleichCantor Zanvel Reichman
- Bertha GuttenbergMalke Reichman
- Isidore CashierW.H. Rosovitch
- Vicki MarcusSaul as a young boy
- Lorraine AbarbanalRivke as a young girl
- Daniel MakarenkoCast
- Irving HonigmanBen, club manager
- Rose WallersteinClara, Helen's roommate
Details
- Released
- 26 December 1937
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The Cantor's Son runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Cantor's Son isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 December 1937. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Cantor's Son?
The Cantor's Son (1937) was directed by Ilya Motyleff and Sidney M. Goldin and stars Moyshe Oysher, Florence Weiss, Judith Abarbanel.