Mothers of Today
1939, Yiddish. Directed by Henry Lynn.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Yiddish
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- Released
- 1 March 1939
- Written by
- Henry Lynn, Simon Wolf
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Mothers of Today runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Mothers of Today isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1939. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Mothers of Today?
Mothers of Today (1939) was directed by Henry Lynn and stars Esther Field, Max Rosenblatt, Simon Wolf.