Anna Appel

Symphony of Six Million (1932)

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Irene Dunne  •  Anna Appel  •  Gregory Ratoff

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Ricardo Cortez  •  Irene Dunne  •  Anna Appel  •  Gregory Ratoff

Faithless (1932)

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Louise Closser Hale

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Robert Montgomery  •  Hugh Herbert  •  Louise Closser Hale

The Heart of New York (1932)

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  George Sidney  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Joe Smith  •  Charles Dale

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  George Sidney  •  Aline MacMahon  •  Joe Smith  •  Charles Dale

Green Fields (1937)

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Michael Gorrin  •  Helen Beverly  •  Isidore Cashier  •  Anna Appel

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Michael Gorrin  •  Helen Beverly  •  Isidore Cashier  •  Anna Appel

Jolly Paupers (1937)

In this musical comedy, the comic duo Dzigan and Shumacher play two small town "entrepreneurs" who believe they have struck oil in a local field. Thus begins a comedy of errors, including millionaire investors, American schemers, and insane asylums, with a little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leon Jeannot
CAST:  Szymon Dżigan  •  Ysrael Szumacher  •  Jenna Lovic  •  Menasha Oppenheim

In this musical comedy, the comic duo Dzigan and Shumacher play two small town "entrepreneurs" who believe they have struck oil in a local field. Thus begins a comedy of errors, including millionaire investors, American schemers, and insane asylums, with a little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leon Jeannot
CAST:  Szymon Dżigan  •  Ysrael Szumacher  •  Jenna Lovic  •  Menasha Oppenheim

The Singing Blacksmith (1938)

Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Moise Oysher  •  Miriam Riselle  •  Florence Weiss  •  Anna Appel

Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Moise Oysher  •  Miriam Riselle  •  Florence Weiss  •  Anna Appel

Broken Hearts (1926)

A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US, where he settles in New York City's Lower East Side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Schwartz
CAST:  Maurice Schwartz  •  Lila Lee  •  Wolf Goldfaden  •  Bina Abramowitz

A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US, where he settles in New York City's Lower East Side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Schwartz
CAST:  Maurice Schwartz  •  Lila Lee  •  Wolf Goldfaden  •  Bina Abramowitz

Frejliche kabconim (1937)

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DIRECTION:  Leon Jeannot
CAST:  Szymon Dżigan  •  Ysrael Szumacher  •  Anna Appel  •  Jenna Lovic

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DIRECTION:  Leon Jeannot
CAST:  Szymon Dżigan  •  Ysrael Szumacher  •  Anna Appel  •  Jenna Lovic