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Catskill Honeymoon
''Catskill Honeymoon'' is a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Josef Berne. It features several prominent Jewish-American entertainers. Cast * Michal Michalesko * Jan Bart * Bas Sheva * Cookie Bowers * Max Bozyk * Reizl Bozyk * The Feder Sisters * Mike Hammer * Henrietta Jacobson * Julius Adler (actor), Julius Adler * Mary LaRoche * Abe Lax * Al Murray * David Page * Dorothy Page * Gita Stein * Irving Grossman * Dina Goldberg Release The film premiered at the Plaza Theatre (Miami), Plaza Theatre in Miami in January 1950. According to the National Film Preservation Foundation, the film's success "demonstrated that by 1950 the center of Jewish-American entertainment had moved from New York City to the Catskill resorts of upstate New York." Reception Herb Rau of ''The Miami News'' wrote that the film is "loaded with entertainment", and praised both the music and the comedy. ''The New York Times'' wrote that the "people in the show are all full of spirit and their energy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Berne
Josef Berne (January 19, 1904 – December 19, 1964) was a Russian-born American writer, film director and producer. Berne was born Josef Berstein on January 19, 1904, in Kyiv, Russia (now Ukraine). He also wrote and directed Yiddish language dramas. He directed 32 films between 1933 and 1950, most of which were short films. He died on December 19, 1964, aged 60 in Palm Springs, California. Selected filmography * ''La vida bohemia'' (1938) * ''Mirele Efros'' (1939) an adaptation of Yiddish play by Jacob Gordin of the same name * ''Jam Session'' (1942) * ''Turkey in the Straw'' (1942), short film starring Freddie Fisher * '' Heavenly Music'' (1943) won Academy Award for Best Short Subject * ''Lucky Cowboy'' (1944) * ''They Live in Fear'' (1944) * ''Down Missouri Way ''Down Missouri Way'' is a 1946 American musical film directed by Josef Berne and written by Sam Neuman. The film stars Martha O'Driscoll, John Carradine, Eddie Dean, William Wright, Roscoe Karns and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary LaRoche
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Richard Koszarski
Richard Koszarski (born December 18, 1947) is a film historian. He was the founder of , and served as editor-in-chief from 1987 to 2012. He is a professor emeritus of English and film at Rutgers University in New Jersey. His collection of material on the early history of the Universal Pictures is held in the Library of Congress. He was the chief curator at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York. Koszarski is the museum curator at the Barrymore Film Center The Barrymore Film Center is a publicly owned, non-profit film history museum and archive, with a 260-seat cinema and repertory theater, in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The BFC is dedicated to the role of the town as the birthplace of American cinema. I .... Books * ''Hollywood Directors, 1941-1976'' (editor) (Oxford University Press, 1977) * ''An Evening’s Entertainment: The Rise of The Silent Feature Picture'' (University of California Press, 1990) * ''Von: The Life and Films of Erich von Stroheim'' (Limelight, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, Delaware, and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the 17th largest in the United States as of 2017. Founded on June 1, 1829 as ''The Pennsylvania Inquirer'', the newspaper is the third longest continuously operating daily newspaper in the nation. It has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes . ''The Inquirer'' first became a major newspaper during the American Civil War. The paper's circulation dropped after the Civil War's conclusion but then rose again by the end of the 19th century. Originally supportive of the Democratic Party, ''The Inquirers political orientation eventually shifted toward the Whig Party and then the Republican Party before officially becoming politically independent in the middle of the 20th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Preservation Foundation
The National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) is an independent, nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. Growing from a national planning effort led by the Library of Congress, the NFPF began operations in 1997. It supports activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition. The NFPF's top priority is saving orphan films, so called because are not protected by commercial interests and are unlikely to survive without public support. Through its grant programs, the NFPF has helped archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and universities from all 50 states preserve American films and make them available to the public. Background The National Film Preservation Foundation was created by the U.S. Congress in 1996, at the recommendation of the Library of Congress, following four years of hearings and research conducted by the Library's National Film Preservation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miami News
''The Miami News'' was an evening newspaper in Miami, Florida. It was the media market competitor to the morning edition of the '' Miami Herald'' for most of the 20th century. The paper started publishing in May 1896 as a weekly called ''The Miami Metropolis''. The ''Metropolis'' had become a daily (except Sunday) paper of eight pages by 1903. On June 4, 1923, former Ohio governor James M. Cox bought the ''Metropolis'' and renamed it the ''Miami Daily News-Metropolis''. On January 4, 1925 the newspaper became the ''Miami Daily News'', and published its first Sunday edition. Cox had a new building erected for the newspaper, and the Miami News Tower was dedicated on July 25, 1925. This building later became famous as the Freedom Tower. Also on July 25, 1925, the ''News'' published a 508 page edition, which still holds the record for the largest page-count for a newspaper. The ''News'' was edited by Bill Baggs from 1957 until his death 1969. After that, it was edited by Sylvan Meye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the U.S., with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. According to a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities, Miami is the second richest city in the U.S. and third richest globally in purchasing power. Miami is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Theatre (Miami)
Plaza Theatre or Plaza Theater may refer to: Australia * Plaza Theatre, Adelaide, a former theatre in Adelaide, South Australia, now demolished * Plaza Theatre, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, a cinema built from 1929, now known as Empire Revival * Plaza Theatre, Perth, Western Australia, a cinema opened in 1937 * Plaza Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, a former theatre, now heritage-listed building India * Plaza Theatre (Bangalore) United States *Plaza Theater (Tucson), Arizona *Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs), California *Plaza Theatre (Atlanta) The Plaza Theatre is a movie theatre located in Atlanta, Georgia. Opened in 1939, it is Atlanta's longest continuously operating independent movie theatre and a city landmark. History 1939 - 2006 Designed by architect George Harwell Bond, the Pla ..., Georgia * Plaza Theatre (El Paso), Texas * Plaza Theatre Company, Cleburne, Texas * Plaza Theatre (Charleston, West Virginia), a historic building {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Lax
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Julius Adler (actor)
Julius Adler (September 23, 1906 – December 28, 1994) was a Jewish-American actor, writer, and director in Yiddish theater. Career He was born in Biłgoraj, Poland into an Orthodox Jewish family. When his father died six years later his mother emigrated to America leaving the children with grandparents. In 1920 the family was reunited in the United States and Julius began to work in theater. He played with Julius Natanson, Leon Blank, Boris Thomashevsky, Aaron Lebedeff, Samuel Goldenberg, Jennie Goldstein, and others.Zalmen Zylbercweig, ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', Book three, 2379 He originally trained as a hat maker; when his stepfather learned of his desire to become an actor, Adler was put out of the family home. He got as far as the fire escape where he slept and where his mother gave him food. When Adler's stepfather learned about the amount of money his stepson was making in his acting career, he was invited to move back into the family apartment. Later life and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymie Jacobson
Hymie Jacobson, also known as Hy Jacobson (1895–1952), was an American actor and composer in Yiddish vaudeville, films and theater. Born 1895 in Chicago to actors Joseph and Bessie Jacobson. His sister, Henrietta, married Yiddish theatre actor Julius Adler; his brother, Irving, was also a performer. He and Irving also owned some of the key venues for Yiddish theater in New York City. He played child roles from the age of 4 in Cincinnati. His first adult role was at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia (1917) as the comic in ''Panie Romani''. In 1918 he played in the Peoples Theater and the following year was buff-comic (the company buffoon) at the Second Avenue Theater in the Yiddish Theater District. In 1921 he played at Boris Thomashevsky's National Theater, in 1927 at the Public Theater, then in Boston and Chicago. A coupletist, Jacobson composed both music and lyrics to many of the comic songs he sang and played piano to accompany himself.Zalmen Zylbercweig, ''Leksikon f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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