Category Archives: Jewish Hollywood

By Robert J. Avrech | October 19, 2011

Hard to Find Jewish Films

Tweet This post is brought to you by Direct.tv. Fans of classic movies often have a hard time finding their favorite selections on television or in stores. While there are of course a few basic channels that will occasionally show older, classic films, tv schedules are generally aiming for the broadest possible appeal, and classic [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | May 18, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 5: Answer

Tweet Florence Vidor and Ricardo Cortez in The Eagle of the Sea, 1926. The Jewish movie star is Ricardo Cortez (1899 – 1977) a handsome and talented leading man whose image, in the silent era, was sold to the public as a hot-blooded Latin lover. In truth, he was Jacob Krantz, born in Vienna, the [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | May 11, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 4: Answer

Tweet The Jewish movie star is Max Aaronson, who changed his name to Gilbert Anderson, and was known to millions of early movie goers as Broncho Billy Anderson . Yup, the first cowboy hero of the motion pictures was a Jewish kid from Little Rock, Arkansas. Not one correct guess from dozens of brave attempts [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | May 9, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 4

Tweet This great Jewish movie star wishes Israel a happy 60th Birthday. Who’s the Jewish movie star? Instead of posting your answer in the comments section, send your guess directly to robert.avrech@gmail.com. Good luck. Answer on Sunday. Karen and I wish all our friends a wonderful miracle in Shabbat . Here’s a photo from the [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | May 4, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 3: Answer

Tweet Early studio portrait. The Jewish movie star is Sylvia Sydney. Real name Sophia Kosow, 1910 – 1999. As I suspected, the privacy of e-mailing answers resulted in greater participation. Mazal Tov to all those who guessed correctly. First in were movie-maven sisters: Buttercup and Tamster, who are three for three in our “Who’s the [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | May 2, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 3

Tweet Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? She starred opposite such great actors as Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea, Fredric March, George Raft and Cary Grant. Instead of posting your answer in the comments section, send your guess directly to robert.avrech@gmail.com. Good luck. Answer on Sunday. Karen and I wish all our friends a wonderful [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | April 28, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 2: Answer

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By Robert J. Avrech | April 25, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 2

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By Robert J. Avrech | April 6, 2008

Who’s Jewish Movie Star? Take 1: Answer

Tweet Lilyan Tashman 1899-1934. Congratulations to Tamster for guessing correctly.We will be blogging about this talented and unique Hollywood star in the near future.

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By Robert J. Avrech | April 4, 2008

Who’s the Jewish Movie Star? Take 1

Tweet This Jewish movie star wishes you all a lovely and meaningful Rest in Shabbat. Can you identify the Hollywood star? She was born into an Orthodox family from Brooklyn. After working as a teen-age model she was featured in the Ziegfled Follies. Soon, Hollywood came calling and she was offered a series of feature [...]

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