Guest reviewer Matt Rovner delves into the cultural riches of ethnic films specially made for speakers of the Yiddish language. Some were filmed in Poland and others in New Jersey (according to Edgar Ulmer!)… and if they seem obscure they’re nevertheless culturally significant as a record of a language that’s fast disappearing. Among the gems is a significant folk-horror tale and an original non-musical drama about Tevye the Milkman’s problems with his daughter and the oppressive laws of the Czar.
The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Repertory
The Dybbuk, American Matchmaker, Her Second Mother, Mir Kumen On, Tevya, Overture to Glory, Eli Eli, Jewish King Lear, Motel the Operator, Three Daughters
1935-1940 / all B&w / 1:37 Academy
750 min. / Street Date November 24, 2020
available through Kino Lorber
Starring: Avrom Morewski, Leo Fuchs, Moishe Oysher, Maurice Schwartz, Maurice Krohner, Chaim Tauber, Max Badin, Charlotte Goldstein,...
The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Repertory
The Dybbuk, American Matchmaker, Her Second Mother, Mir Kumen On, Tevya, Overture to Glory, Eli Eli, Jewish King Lear, Motel the Operator, Three Daughters
1935-1940 / all B&w / 1:37 Academy
750 min. / Street Date November 24, 2020
available through Kino Lorber
Starring: Avrom Morewski, Leo Fuchs, Moishe Oysher, Maurice Schwartz, Maurice Krohner, Chaim Tauber, Max Badin, Charlotte Goldstein,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Matt Rovner
- Trailers from Hell
A collection of never-before-seen vintage photographs of such Hollywood icons as Paul Newman, Doris Day and Cary Grant by famed photographer Leo Fuchs are being offered for sale by V&M (Vintage and Modern), the online retailer. Fuchs, a noted photographer who came to Hollywood in the sixties at the invitation of his friend Rock Hudson and later became an actor and producer, took the photos soon after her first arrived. He passed away in 1994. In 2007, his son Alexandre discovered eighteen trunks worth of prints, negatives and reels among his father's possession. The discovery included numerous
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- 5/8/2012
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, stories, videos and so on, taken from the Sound On Sight Tumblr account. We simply do not have the man power nor time to write articles on every interesting movie related goody we find, so this is our way of still promoting some of the stuff we love.
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Recently I wrote a review of Battle Royale and later I included the Japanese cult sensation in an article about films that may or may not have influenced the Hunger Games. Roger Ebert recently uploaded this video essay on the film.
Battle Royale (A video essay from Roger Ebert’s Far Flung Correspondents) from Michael Mirasol on Vimeo.
Spirited Away art work by Karen Hallion
Here are just ome 8 Bit movie posters produced by Eric Palmer via behance.
If you have any interesting items that you think we should plug, please email us at admin@soundonsight.org
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Recently I wrote a review of Battle Royale and later I included the Japanese cult sensation in an article about films that may or may not have influenced the Hunger Games. Roger Ebert recently uploaded this video essay on the film.
Battle Royale (A video essay from Roger Ebert’s Far Flung Correspondents) from Michael Mirasol on Vimeo.
Spirited Away art work by Karen Hallion
Here are just ome 8 Bit movie posters produced by Eric Palmer via behance.
- 3/26/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The three exclusive photo portfolios included in V.F.'s November app. Photographs (left to right) by Richard Burbridge, Leo Fuchs, Herman Leonard. The November issue of Vanity Fair is available today in the iTunes App Store for users of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, and with it we are introducing a new monthly feature: in addition to every article and every photo from the print magazine, the V.F. app will include several exclusive photo portfolios culled from the most exciting new visual books. This month you’ll find: Leo Fuchs’s behind-the-scenes pictures from Hollywood’s golden era; Herman Leonard’s vivid portraits of America’s jazz legends; and unforgettable images of the late fashion icon Isabella Blow. As usual, the app also features bonus photos and video, and you can experience it two ways: hold your device horizontally to flip through a replica of the print edition,...
- 10/12/2010
- Vanity Fair
If USC professor Josh Kun had his way, the Jewish people might not be known as "the People of the Book" but rather "the People of the Record." "Jews on Vinyl," curated by Kun and Roger Bennett, of the Charles and Andrea Bronfman Foundation, is the new exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center, where you can seat yourself on a midcentury-modern couch and tap your feet to Irving Fields' 1959 recording "Bagels and Bongos"; grin while listening to a wide spectrum of albums - from Herbie Mann's "Push Push" to Barbra Streisand's "Superman"; comedy albums by Sophie Tucker, Myron Cohen and Lenny Bruce; Leo Fuchs' "Shalom Pardner"; or even the Barry Sisters singing their Yiddish rendition of "My Way." The exhibition, which ran in San Francisco for almost a year, is based on Kun and Bennett's 2008 book "And You Shall...
- 5/14/2010
- by Tom Teicholz
- Huffington Post
You know her as a beloved actress, avid animal rights supporter and if you've been to Carmel's Cypress Inn, maybe as a hotel owner. And you know her as Doris Day. Saturday marks the 88th birthday of the woman once coined America's Sweetheart. While her film work ranged from everything to suspense (Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much with its soon to be Day trademark song "Que Sera Sera"), westerns (Calamity Jane) and drama (Young At Heart with Frank Sinatra) -- it was the romantic comedies that put her on the map. photo by Leo Fuchs Day's portrayal of the pre-feminist independent-yet-feminine career woman was pure inspiration for an entire generation of baby boomers, myself included. From a Manhattan ad exec in Lover Come Back and interior decorator in Pillow Talk (she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress) to...
- 3/30/2010
- by Cathy Whitlock
- Huffington Post
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