Love and Sacrifice (1936)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Rose Greenfield	...	Rae Steinfeld
	Lazar Freed	...	Bernard Steinfeld, aka Bernard Stone
	Anne Loeb	...	Florence Ehrlich Stone
	Esta Salzman	...	Alice Steinfeld, aka Alice Stone
	Willie Schwartz	...	Edward Edelstein
	Rae Schnier	...	Mother Edelstein
	Jacob Wexler	...	The Warden
	Arthur Winters	...	'Kid Shy' Bloom, alias James the butler
	Anna Thomashefsky	...	Malka Steinfeld
	Louis Kramer	...	Melech Steinfeld
	Sam Kravitz	...	Julius (also called Herman) Rosenheim
	Robert Bennett	...	David Steinfeld, aka David Stone
	Louis 'Leibele' Waldman	...	The Cantor

Storyline

Based on the novel Love and Passion by Isidore Zolotarefsky, Love and Sacrifice is a prime example of "shund", the melodramatic theatrical escapist entertainment of the Yiddish theater. It opened at the Clinton Theater April 7, 1936 and was held over three weeks as the most popular Yiddish movie the Clinton had shown to date. Produced by Joseph Seiden over two days in a loft in New York City on a minuscule budget, this tale of a middle-class matron who shoots the man who compromises her was a tremendous success. The story of a long-suffering mother who goes to prison for shooting a would-be suitor employs many archetypes of Yiddish theater. From the conflict between the sacrificing mother and the home-wrecking schemer, to the reunion of parent and child at a celebratory wedding the film provides a classic example of the Yiddish-American cinema. Written by National Center for Jewish Film  

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