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Joseph Green (actor)

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Joseph Green (April 23, 1900Zylbercweig, Zalmen, with Jacob Mestel, Eds. (1931). "". Leksikon fun yidishn teater. New York: Farlag "Elisheva". col. 532. English translation/adaptation available online at the. – June 20, 1996),Blumenthal, Ralph (June 22, 19960. "". New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23 born Yoysef Grinberg,Robboy, Ron (March 3, 2000). "Victor Packer". Mendele moderated mailing list for Yiddish language and literature. Vol. 09.068. Available as downloadable text file in the. Retrieved 2017-06-23. Robboy, a scholar of Yiddish theater music, recounts that "Yoysef Grinberg", who acted with the "Undzer Teater" experimental theater group in New York in 1925, "later changed his name to Joseph Green for his work as director of several classic Yiddish films", including A brivele der mamen and Yidl mitn fidl. a.k.a. Josef Grünberg, Joseph Greenberg and Joseph Greene, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1924, was an actor in Yiddish theater and one of the few directors of Yiddish-language films. He made four Yiddish films that he shot on location in Poland, beginning in 1935: Yidl mitn fidl (Yiddle with his Fiddle; 1935), Der Purimspiler (The Jester; 1937), Mamele (Little Mother; 1938), and A brivele der mamen (A Little Letter to Mother; 1939). He also wrote the screenplays for the films, except for Mamele. Born in Łódź (Poland), then in Congress Poland, part of the Russian Empire, he attended a traditional Jewish cheder, or elementary school, and then a state gymnasium (high school). In 1915, during the First World War, he trained at the drama school of German theater director Walter Wassermann, who was then heading the Deutsches Theater in Lodz, and in 1916 he made his debut as an actor with the Lodz-based amateur troupe of Zalmen Zylbercweig. Green had small roles in The Jazz Singer, in 1927, and A Daughter of her People, in 1932. Also in 1932 he provided the Yiddish-language dubbing for the silent Italian film Joseph in the Land of Egypt. He died of emphysema at the age of 96 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Green was interviewed in the 1985 British documentary on Yiddish Films, Almonds and Raisins. [1]

22 relations: Abraham Ellstein, Łódź, Cheder, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Congress Poland, Great Neck, New York, Jews, Long Island, Mamele, Molly Picon, New York (state), Poland, Russian Empire, The Jazz Singer, The Jester (film), United States, Walter Wassermann, World War I, Yiddish cinema, Yiddish theatre, Yiddle with His Fiddle, Zalmen Zylbercweig.

Abraham Ellstein

Abraham "Abe" Ellstein (אַבֿרהם "אײב" עלשטײן, Avrom Ellstein, July 7, 1907, New York City - March 22, 1963) was an American composer for Yiddish entertainments.

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Łódź

Łódź (לאדזש, Lodzh; also written as Lodz) is the third-largest city in Poland and an industrial hub.

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Cheder

A Cheder (alternatively, Cheider, in חדר, lit. "room") is a traditional elementary school teaching the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of obstructive lung disease characterized by long-term breathing problems and poor airflow.

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Congress Poland

The Kingdom of Poland, informally known as Congress Poland or Russian Poland, was created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign state of the Russian part of Poland connected by personal union with the Russian Empire under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland until 1832.

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Great Neck, New York

Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, which includes 9 villages, including the villages of Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, a number of unincorporated areas, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success and the border territory of Queens.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Long Island

Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Mamele

Mamele (מאמאלע Mateczka) is a Yiddish Language Polish musical film made in 1938.

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Molly Picon

Molly Picon (מאָלי פּיקאָן; February 28, 1898 – April 5, 1992) was a U.S. actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic story-teller.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film.

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The Jester (film)

Der Purimspiler (The Jester,דער פורים שפּילער) is a 1937 Polish black-and-white Yiddish musical comedy film directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski, with music by Nicholas Brodszky.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Walter Wassermann

Walter Wassermann (19 September 1883 – 4 October 1944) was a German screenwriter.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yiddish cinema

Yiddish cinema (יידישע קינא, יידיש-שפראכיגע קינא; trans. Idish-Sprakhige Kino, Idishe Kino) refers to the film industry in the Yiddish language.

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Yiddish theatre

Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community.

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Yiddle with His Fiddle

Yidl Mitn Fidl (אידל מיטן פֿידל, "Yiddle With His Fiddle", Judeł gra na Skrzypcach), is a 1936 musical Yiddish film.

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Zalmen Zylbercweig

Zalmen Zylbercweig (Yiddish: זלמן זילבערצווייג; Ozorkow, 1894-Los Angeles 1972) was a historian of Yiddish theater.

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Redirects here:

Josef Gruenberg, Josef Grunberg, Josef Grünberg, Yoysef Grinberg.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Green_(actor)

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