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Motel the Operator (1940)

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NR 1 hr 28 minJan 15th, 1940Drama
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Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.
StarringChaim TauberMalvina RappelMaurice Kroner
DirectorJoseph Seiden

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 15th, 1940
Original Language:Yiddish
Production Companies:Cinema Service Corp.
Movie Tags:
strikeyiddish language