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- DirectorMax NosseckStarsMoyshe OysherFlorence WeissMaurice KrohnerA jewish cantor is seduced by the allure of opera when introduced to it by two attractive young Poles.
- DirectorMaurice SchwartzStarsMaurice SchwartzMiriam RiselleRebecca WeintraubThe original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsLeo FuchsJudith AbarbanelJudel DubinskyNat 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...
- DirectorAleksander FordStarsA.L. AlexanderDavid DubinskyB. Charney VladeckJewish life in Poland before World War II. The Vladimir Medem Sanatorium stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.
- DirectorMichal WaszynskiStarsAvrom MorewskiAjzyk SambergMojzesz LipmanThe mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
- DirectorHarry ThomashefskyStarsEsther AdlerJacob BergreenMiriam GrossmanSetting off from Vilna to spend his last days in the Holy Land, an arrogant old man spurns the youngest of his three daughters and leaves his fortune in the wrong hands.
- DirectorJoseph SeidenStarsEsta SalzmanMax BadinRose GreenfieldA young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents' kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, from the police.
- DirectorJoseph SeidenStarsChaim TauberSeymour RechzeitYetta ZwerlingMotl, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide.
- DirectorJoseph SeidenStarsCharlotte GoldsteinMichael RosenbergEsta SalzmanThis rarely-seen later work by Yiddish cinema mogul Joseph Seiden observes the hardships and heartaches of three sisters as they seek romantic happiness, while struggling to remain faithful to the traditions of their parents. Kino Now
- DirectorJoseph SeidenStarsMax BadinEsther FieldIzidor FrankelAn elderly couple, Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, need to raise money to hang onto their farm and turn to their adult children for help.