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Motel the Operator

Motel the Operator

Jan 15, 1940 1h 28m
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Synopsis

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.

Title Motel the Operator
Companies Cinema Service Corp.
Countries United States of America
Keywords strike, yiddish language
Chaim Tauber

Chaim Tauber

Motel Friedman
Malvina Rappel

Malvina Rappel

Esther Friedman
Maurice Kroner

Maurice Kroner

Benjamin Rosenwald
Berthe Hart

Berthe Hart

Rebecca Rosenwald
Seymour Rechtzeit

Seymour Rechtzeit

Jack Rosenwald
Jacob Zanger

Jacob Zanger

Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
Yetta Zwerling

Yetta Zwerling

Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
Gertrude Krause

Gertrude Krause

Ruth Frumkin
Seymour Rechzeit

Seymour Rechzeit

Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
Maurice Krohner

Maurice Krohner

Benjamin Rosenwald

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