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American Matchmaker (1940)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Comedy, Romance · 1h 27m
Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he can have Shirley back, and Nat graciously gives in. According to Nat's mother, his Uncle Shya was unlucky at love but lucky as a matchmaker, and Nat is just like Shya. Nat tells his family he's going to Italy. But he remains in New York and sets himself up with a new name and new business, Nat Gold, Advisor in Human Relations...
Cast
Leo Fuchs
Nat Silver / Uncle Shya
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Judith Abarbanel
Judith Aarons
J
Judel Dubinsky
Maurice
A
Anna Guskin
Elvie Silver
C
Celia Brodkin
Nat's Mother (as Celia Boodkin)
R
Rosetta Bialis
Mrs. Aarons
A
Abraham Lax
Simon P. Schwalbenrock
E
Esther Adler
Undetermined Role (as E. Adler)
S
Sarah Krohner
Undetermined Role (as S. Krohner)
C
Charles Cohen
Undetermined Role (as Ch. Cohen)
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William Mercur
Undetermined Role (as W. Mercur)
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Jacob Mestel
Undetermined Role (as J. Mestel)
Crew
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Screenplay
- Shirley Ulmer
- Director of Photography
- J. Burgi Contner, Edward Hyland
- Original Music Composer
- Sam Morgenstern
- Editor
- Hans E. Mandl
- Producer
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Details
- Original title
- Americaner Shadchen
- Release date
- 1940-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- YI
- Spoken languages
- Yiddish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Fame Films Inc.