Where Is My Child? (1937)

Directors:

Abraham Leff
Henry Lynn

Writers:

Henry Lynn (writer)
William Siegal (play)

Release Date:

23 November 1937 (USA)

Plot:

Celia Adler, doyenne of the Yiddish stage, gives a haunting performance as a new immigrant forced to give up her son. Obsessed with the thought of reuniting with him, she spends the next 25 years searching, pining, and bewailing her loss.

Plot Keywords:

Yiddish | Jewish | Question In Title | Based On Play

Cast

Celia Adler	...	Esther Liebman
Morris Strassberg	...	Dr. F. Reisner
Morris Silberkasten	...	Morris Gross
Anna Lillian	...	Alice Gross
Mischa Stutchkof	...	Dr. Victor Gross, nee Josef Lieberman
Ceril Arnon	...	Julia Reisner
Ruben Wendorf	...	Elick (the postman)
Blanche Bernstein	...	Malka (housekeeper)
Leo Schechtman	...	Victor, as a boy
Solomon Steinberg	...	Anderson (orphanage superintendent)
Esther Gerber	...	Margaret (Anderson's office nurse)

Also Known As:

Vu iz mayn Kind? (USA: Yiddish title) (alternative title (YIVO translation))
Wo ist mein Kind? (USA: Yiddish title) (alternative title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Yiddish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Menorah Productions Inc.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Almonds and Raisins (1984)