Clip: A Cantor on Trial (Khazan afn Probe)

A Cantor on Trial (Khazan afn Probe)
Restored with New English Subtitles by The National Center for Jewish Film
Available on DVD or Public Performance at jewishfilm.org/...
USA 1931 10 Minutes
B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles
Directed by Sidney M. Goldin
Music by Sholem Secunda
This short gem features Louis "Leibele" Waldman playing three different parts - first an old-world Eastern European, then a German, each auditioning to be the synagogue cantor. Displeased with what they've heard and unable to agree, the synagogue committee is visited by Leibele's agent who offers them a third alternative: a modern an American Chazan, with "pep and jazz," who can do Kol Nidre with a "two-step" and Netaneh Tokef with a "black bottom."

[@LeonardMIS]

Great clip but"probe" is audition, not trial. Thanks for posting though. This is priceless. An emeser oytser. A hartskn dank

[@MadAboutFilm]

Love this.
A note to the subtitle editor: "Litvak" means Lithuanian.

[@heidigolden6880]

My Granny spoke Yiddish--the hand gestures and facial expressions are almost as important as the words 😊

[@jojoUK120]

😂 I want him officiating at my funeral

[@howdymo232]

Warm and endearing. My father, obm. Spoke yiddish that way.

[@DonVueltaMorales]

_A Cantor's Tale_ got me here. Hilarious.

[@adamnordskog1231]

Return of Wrestling

[@morehn]

Where's the beginning?