''American Matchmaker'', or ''אמעריקאנער שדכן (Americaner Shadchen)'' is a 1940 Yiddish-language American

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directed by

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and starring

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(known as "the Yiddish Fred Astaire"), Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky and Anna Guskin. The film has music composed by Sam Morgenstern. The screenplay was written by Shirley Kassler Ulmer under the name Shirle Castle. American Matchmaker was restored by the

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, and as such is part of the largest archive of Jewish film outside of Israel.

Cast

* Judith Abarbanel, Boston, Mass. 11. * Judel Dubinsky * Anna Guskin * Celia Brodkin * Rosetta Bialis * Abraham Lax * Esther Adler * Sarah Krohner

References

External links

* 1940 films Yiddish-language films 1940 comedy films Films set in New York (state) American comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-US-film-stub