Yiddish Cowboys film/music

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Re:  Yiddish Cowboys film/music

Sharon Rivo just wrote this on the Jewish-studies list.

Reyzl


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Date:    Sat, 6 Feb 1999 23:56:02 -0500
From:    Aviva Ben-Ur <aben-ur (at) oise(dot)utoronto(dot)ca>
Subject: Yiddish Cowboys (Rivo)

Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:06:27 -0500 (EST)
From: rivo (at) BINAH(dot)CC(dot)BRANDEIS(dot)EDU

        Regarding Yiddish cowboys, there is a short film "The Cowboy,"
produced in 1968 by Abe Wexler in which he creates a "spoof" in Yiddish of
the American cowboy.  The film takes a scene from "Son of Oklahoma", a
1932 Hollywood feature and dubs Yiddish dialogue and music over the
action.  For complete details check our website -
www.brandeis.edu/jewishfilm/index.html.  It is a fun piece.

Sharon Pucker Rivo
National Center for Jewish Film.


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