So, is His Wife's Lover actually worth your time today? If you're a nerd for weird film history or early talkies, absolutely. But if you hate scratchy audio and screechy theatrical acting, you will probably turn it off in five minutes. 😅 This is supposedly the first Yiddish talkie feature made in America. It plays ou...
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"So, is His Wife's Lover actually worth your time today? If you're a nerd for weird film history or early talkies, absolutely. But if you hate scratchy audio and screechy theatrical acting, you will probably turn it off in five minutes. 😅 This is supposedly the first Yiddish talkie feature made in America. It plays out less like a movie and more like a captured stage play where the actors are shouting at the back row. The plot is wild. Ludwig Satz plays this big-shot actor who decides to marry..."
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