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Cadets of St. Martin Synopsis
A company is accused of selling products that are harmful to health. The son of one of the partners, a cadet from the Lyceum, is expelled from the school because of the scandal and his father kills himself.
The Cantor's Son Synopsis
This musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher, in a film critic J. Hoberman calls an "anti-Jazz Singer." Oysher stars as a wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart.
"The Cantor's Son" is currently leading in ratings, making it a stronger choice for newcomers to the genre.
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Cadets of St. Martin