6.9
Overture to Glory
IMDb: 6.9 1940 85 min
A humble cantor, Oysher yearns to be an opera singer. He deserts his tiny village to pursue his dream, but when his voice breaks he sheepishly ...
6.6
The Light Ahead
IMDb: 6.6 1939 94 min
The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to ...
6.6
Black Magic
IMDb: 6.6 1944 67 min
Chinese detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) solves a murder linked to the occult. This movie had an alternative title: Meeting at Midnight. ...
6.5
Green Fields
IMDb: 6.5 1937 106 min
Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic ...
6.0
The Master Race
IMDb: 6.0 1944 95 min
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary ...
