The Dryden will screen Mamele (Joseph Green, Konrad Tom, Poland 1938, 97 min., DCP, Yiddish w/subtitles) as part of the L'chaim: Celebrating Jewish Life series.

Molly Picon, the "Queen of the Yiddish Musical," shines as Mamele (the little mother), the dutiful daughter keeping her family intact after the death of their mother. She's so busy cooking, cleaning, and matchmaking for her brothers and sisters that she has little time for herself—until she discovers the violinist across the courtyard. Following the success of Yiddle With His Fiddle (Yidl mitn fidl, 1936), Picon and director Joseph Green teamed again for this film, which, like Yiddle, was shot in Poland. Set in á´Œódź, this musical comedy drama embraces the diverse gamut of interwar Jewish life in Poland, including no-goodniks and the unemployed, nightclubs and gangsters, and religious Jews celebrating Sukkot.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Feb-11]