Movies: Herschel Bernardi
- 1985
Almonds and Raisins (1985)
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This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939....
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- 1958
Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
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Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust....
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- 1961
A Cold Wind in August (1961)
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An older woman gets involved with her young neighbor....
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- 1960
The Savage Eye (1960)
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Resentful after an ugly divorce from her unfaithful husband, Judith McGuire moves to Los Angeles. Adrift and detached, she spends her days and nights wandering through her new city, cynically remarking on the hypocrisy, vanity and brutality of the mo...
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- 1978
Actor (1978)
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A musical play based on the early years of actor Paul Muni....
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- 1965
A Look Back at Crossbow (1965)
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A promotional short for Operation Crossbow (1965) giving historical background for the film's plot using archival footage of Robert Goddard's rocket experiments in the 1930s. Nazi Germany bought his patents to start their rocket program....
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- 1947
Flying South (1947)
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Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they will pose as orphans and find some kindly old grandmother to take care of them when the snow flies. ...
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- 1963
The Great Rights (1963)
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A cartoon explaining the American Bill of Rights and Constitution. A man imagines a "nightmare world" without these documents, where Orwellian thugs censor and arrest with impunity. When reminded of the Bill of Rights, the man fights back and eventua...
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- 1964
The Hangman (1964)
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The people of a town are condemned to die one by one by a mysterious stranger who erects a gallows in the town square....
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- 1938
The Singing Blacksmith (1938)
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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 b...
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- 1970
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American (1970)
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Provides a personal narrative of the Jewish experience in America. Herschel Bernardi explains how the Jewish East Side deliberately abolished itself through hard work, union organizations and the desire "to be American." Uses period photographs, arch...
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- 1971
The Big Freeze (1971)
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The Mighty Heroes are called into action in order to prevent "The Super Cooler" from freezing the town of Goodhaven....
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