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Joseph Seiden (יוסף זײדען; 1892–1974) was a pioneering American Yiddish language film producer of the early twentieth century. He released a large number of low-budget, sentimental Yiddish dramas during the 1930s and 1940s.
May 18, 2024 · Joseph Seiden (1892–1974) was a pioneering American Yiddish language film producer of the early twentieth century. He released a large number of low-budget, sentimental Yiddish dramas during the 1930s and 1940s. He also directed Paradise in Harlem, a 1940 musical film with an African American cast.
About Joseph Seiden. The credit for this film recording of God, Man and Devil --and it is, in fact, a recording of a stage production-- belongs to Joseph Seiden one of the first producers and directors of Yiddish films and easily the most prolific.
Joseph Seiden was born on 23 July 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for My Son (1939), Her Second Mother (1940) and Kol Nidre (1939). He died in January 1974 in New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
- Producer, Director, Cinematographer
- July 23, 1892
- Joseph Seiden
Joseph Seiden (יוסף זײדען ) was a pioneering American Yiddish language film producer of the early twentieth century. He released a large number of low-budget, sentimental Yiddish dramas during the 1930s and 1940s.
Jun 29, 2013 · When she discovered a trove of lost Yiddish films owned by the late filmmaker Joseph Seiden, Rivo started what became the country’s largest Jewish film library.
Produced by Joseph Seiden over two days in a loft in New York City on a miniscule budget, this tale of a middle-class matron who shoots the man who compromises her was a tremendous success. The story of a long-suffering mother who goes to prison for shooting a would-be suitor employs many archetypes of Yiddish theater.
