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Mamele little mother
Title
Mamele [videorecording] = little mother / directed by Joseph Green ; producers, Edward Hantower and Benjamin J. Weinberg with Joseph Green.
Published
Teaneck, N.J. : Ergo Media Inc., 2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the play by Meyer Schwartz.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938.
"The Joseph Green Yiddish film collector's edition." -- Container.
Special features: Audio interviews with Joseph Green and Molly Picon ; introduction by Yiddish film historian Dr. Eric Goldman ; production credits, photo gallery ; filmography/biography ; interactive menus ; scene access.
Screenplay, Konrad Tom ; camera, Seweryn Steinwurcel ; music, Abe Ellstein.
In Yiddish with English subtitles.
Summary
Molly Picon is Khavtshi, the youngest daughter of a widower, who is left with the responsibility of tending house for a helpless and indifferent family of seven. As such, she becomes their little mother. Filled with that special brand of humor and song that made Molly Picon the undisputed queen of Yiddish musicals.
Variant and related titles
Little mother
Mamele
מאמעלע
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Yiddish
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2007
Credits
Screenplay, Konrad Tom ; camera, Seweryn Steinwurcel ; music, Abe Ellstein.
Performers
Cast: Molly Picon, Edmund Zayenda, Max Bozyk.
System details note
DVD.
Videorecording number
D720 Ergo Media
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