Poster of Mothers of Today

Mothers of Today

Plot: Mothers of Today features the first motion picture performance of radio star Esther Field, best known on the airwaves of the 1930s as the 'Yiddishe Mama. ' The film exemplifies the Yiddish film genre of shund, a brand of popular entertainment which appealed to working-class Jewish-American immigrant audiences with broadly-drawn, sentimental stories that reflected the daily life and culture of a distinctively American Yiddish community
Release Date: Wednesday, March 1 1939
85 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Esther FieldEsther Field
Esther Field was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Esther Waldman'.
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Portrait of Max RosenblattMax Rosenblatt
Max Rosenblatt was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Solomon Waldman'.
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Portrait of Simon WolfSimon Wolf
Simon Wolf was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Getzel Boxer'.
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Portrait of Gertrude KrauseGertrude Krause
Gertrude Krause was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Anna Waldman'.
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Portrait of Paula LubelskiPaula Lubelski
Paula Lubelski was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Breindl 'Beatrice' Boxer'.
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Crew

Portrait of Henry LynnHenry Lynn
Henry Lynn was
>> in Mothers of Today
as 'Writer, Director'
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Portrait of Simon WolfSimon Wolf
Simon Wolf was
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as 'Writer'
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