The Great Advisor
Cast & Crew
Josef Seiden
Irving Jacobson
Yetta Zwerling
Mae Schoenfeld
Abraham Lox
Jacob Zanger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After Leibele Waldman, known as "America's Favorite Cantor," sings on a radio broadcast, announcer David the Trouble Fixer implores his audience to send him letters about their romantic problems. Some of his listeners make fun of him, calling him "David the Faker," and send him a phony letter, while others write to him in earnest seeking a match. Mrs. Sarah Flahm, a widow with $15,000, has not married again because she thinks that men are after her money. Following her uncle's advice, she writes to David as "The Lonesome Widow." While she rides in a carriage on the boardwalk at Coney Island, she passes the office of the Companion Friendship Bureau and meets the manager, shyster Boruch Dian. Later, on the boardwalk, Boruch sees David, whom he recognizes as David Fish from "the old country," and they discuss their similar avocations. Fischel Cookingspoon then introduces himself to them and tells of his scheme to sell lottery tickets to poor lovers and then keep ten percent of their winnings. Both David and Boruch are extremely interested and buy many tickets from him. David then meets a woman, Shlime, and proposes to her. Boruch invites them to his "rendezvous" of couples, which Mrs. Flahm also attends. When Shlime learns from Fishel that her cousin, Dr. Morris Shapiro, has just won $50,000 from an Irish sweepstakes ticket that he sold her, Shlime and David go to Shapiro's office and catch him in an embrace with a woman. Shapiro promises he will take care of them, but he fails to give them any of the money, and after a short period of time, David refuses to marry Shlime because she has no dowry. When he learns that Mrs. Flahm has $15,000, David brags about himself to her and talks against Boruch, then professes his love for her. Mrs. Flahm forcefully kisses him, and they plan to meet at midnight on the boardwalk. That night, as David and Mrs. Flahm ride in a carriage, Shlime spies them and replaces the man pushing the carriage. She then calls David her man, and the two women fight, then hit David and Boruch, who happens by. After David and Mrs. Flahm leave, Shlime cries to Boruch, who comforts her and vows to take David's place. He proposes to her and then plans a partnership to con together, hoping to make millions. Both couples attend Boruch's "rendezvous" and insult each other, but when Fischel proposes that they have a double wedding, they sing and kiss.
Director
Josef Seiden
Cast
Irving Jacobson
Yetta Zwerling
Mae Schoenfeld
Abraham Lox
Jacob Zanger
Chiam Tauber
Rose Greenfield
Muni Serebroff
Lazar Freed
Cantor Leibele Waldman
Isidor Frankel
Herman Rosen
Sylvia Fishman
Max Badin
Helen Blay
David Yonover
Moishe Silverstein
Miriam Grossman
Dora Weissman
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The Yiddish title of this film is Der Groyser Eytse-Geber. Although the film includes songs, no information concerning their identity has been located.
