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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
86 years ago
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Cast

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

Crew

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