Re: Jewish Wedding Video

[Bill Barabash <billb978...>]

>My favorite is the Wedding in Yidl Mitn Fidl.  Featuring klezmorim,
>great dancing, kaleh bazingen, etc.
>
>Sure it's a bit disfunctional, but with some narration and hand
>waving ("pay no attention to that runaway bride, or that woman
>dressed as a boy playing the violin" :-) ), I'm sure the audience
>would get quite a bit out of it.  It's awesome footage and great
>music.

Yes, it's awesome.  It was filmed in a Polish shtetl a year before
the German invasion.  Does anyone know whether the melodies played
in the wedding scene are traditional, or composed for the film (along
with the rest of the sound track) by Abe Ellstein?  And does anyone
really think that Molly Picon's boy disguise is in any way effective?

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