Almonds and Raisins (1984)

Director: Russ Karel

This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

Cast

Orson Welles

Narrator

Celia Adler

Herschel Bernardi

Eugenie Besserer

Fanny Brice