American Matchmaker | |
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Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer[1] |
Starring | Leo Fuchs Judith Abarbanel Judel Dubinsky Anna Guskin Celia Brodkin Rosetta Bialis Abraham Lax Esther Adler Sarah Krohner[2] |
Edited by | Hans E. Mandl |
Music by | Sam Morgenstern |
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Running time | 87 min. |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Yiddish |
American Matchmaker, or אמעריקאנער שדכן (Americaner Shadchen) is a 1940 Yiddish-language American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Leo Fuchs (known as "the Yiddish Fred Astaire"),[3] Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky and Anna Guskin.[4][5] The film's music was composed by Sam Morgenstern and its screenplay was written by Shirley Kassler Ulmer under the name Shirle Castle.[6]
American Matchmaker was restored by the National Center for Jewish Film, the largest archive of Jewish film outside of Israel.[7]