| Edition |
[Special edition]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Mel Howard, Carol Kane, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Stephen Keats, Doris Roberts. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Kenneth Van Sickle ; editor, Katherine Wenning ; music, William Bolcom. |
| Note |
Based on Yekl by Abraham Cahan. |
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Videodisc release of the 1975 motion picture. |
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"New digital transfer enhanced for 16:9 televisions."--Container. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A young Jewish woman comes to America in the 1890s and discovers that her husband has given up the ways of the old country, gotten a new girlfriend, and started a new life. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary by Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver; interviews with Joan Micklin Silver and Raphael Silver, Carol Kane and Doris Roberts; excerpt from Heritage, civilization and the Jews; liner notes by Victoria Brownworth and Judith Redding. |
| Language |
In English and Yiddish with English subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- United States -- Drama.
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Jews -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Silver, Joan Micklin.
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Silver, Raphael D.
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Howard, Mel.
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Kane, Carol, 1952-
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Kavanaugh, Dorrie, -1983.
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Keats, Steven, 1945-1994.
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Roberts, Doris, 1925-2016
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Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951.
Yekl.
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Midwest Film Production, Inc.
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780029399 |
| Standard No. |
037429200629 |
| Music No. |
HES 020 Home Vision Entertainment |
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