American Matchmaker

American Matchmaker (1940)

Americaner Shadchen

Nat 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...

Date of release
1940-01-02
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer

Casting

Interesting facts

American Matchmaker, or אמעריקאנער שדכן is a 1940 Yiddish-language American comedy film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky and Anna Guskin. The film's music was composed by Sam Morgenstern and its screenplay was written by Shirley Kassler Ulmer under the name Shirle Castle.

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