American Matchmaker

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American Matchmaker
Directed byEdgar G. Ulmer[1]
StarringLeo Fuchs
Judith Abarbanel
Judel Dubinsky
Anna Guskin
Celia Brodkin
Rosetta Bialis
Abraham Lax
Esther Adler
Sarah Krohner[2]
Edited byHans E. Mandl
Music bySam Morgenstern
Release date
  • 6 May 1940 (1940-05-06)
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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]

  • Leo Fuchs
  • Judith Abarbanel[8][9]
  • Judel Dubinsky
  • Anna Guskin
  • Celia Brodkin
  • Rosetta Bialis
  • Abraham Lax
  • Esther Adler
  • Sarah Krohner

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