His Wife's Lover (1931)
1h 20m
Running Time
September 25, 1931Release Date
His Wife's Lover (1931)
1h 20m
Running Time
September 25, 1931Release Date
Plot.
When handsome actor Eddie Wien decides to marry, his uncle Oscar Stein warns that all women are frivolous and selfish, only on the lookout for a fat pocketbook. To prove him wrong, Eddie woos shop girl Golde Blumberg while disguised as a repulsive old millionaire “Herman Weingarten.” Golde initially resists “Herman” but, forced to escape her dire financial situation, she finally accepts. A second bet is devised and the elaborate farce continues. In the end, the lovers triumph over deceptions and mistaken identities.
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Cast & Crew.
Ludwig Satz
Edouard Wien
Lucy Levine
Golde Blumberg
Isidore Cashier
Oscar Stein
Michael Rosenberg
The Stage Manager
Lillian Feinman
Auntie Kaufman
Sidney M. Goldin
Director
Glen Glenn
Sound Recordist
Sheyne Rokhl Semkoff
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
His Wife's Lover (1931, original Yiddish title Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik) was billed as the "first Jewish musical comedy talking picture". A play before it as a film, it was based on Ferenc Molnár's The Guardsman. Ludwig Satz, who also wrote the songs, plays an actor who disguises himself as an old man, wins the hand of a beautiful young woman, then adopts a different persona and tries to seduce her to test her fidelity.
Satz's performance in this farce has been compared to the work of later Jewish comic performers such as Jerry Lewis.