George Roland

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George Roland (* 1882 in the Russian Empire ; † in the 20th century) was a film director , film producer and film editor .

Life

Roland was involved in several productions of Yiddish film in the United States of America in various functions in the 1930s .

At the United States Census 1940 he lived in Central Park West , New York with his wife Jean (* 1894 in Poland) and his two daughters Molly (* 1934 in New York) and Adeline (* 1939 in New York).

In 1950 he was responsible for the English subtitles of two Yiddish-language films: Joe Bernes Catskill Honeymoon and the revival of Sidney M. Goldin's Zein Weib's Lubovnick / His Wife's Lover .

Filmography

  • 1920: The Sacred Flame (screenplay)
  • 1932: Joseph in the Land of Egypt (compilation film, director) - probably using excerpts from Joseph in the Land of Egypt , 1914 by Eugene Moore
  • 1933: A Daughter of Her People (compilation film, director) - using excerpts from Judith Trachtenberg , 1920 by Henrik Galeen
  • 1933: Yiskor (compilation film, director) - using excerpts from Jiskor , 1924 by Sidney M. Goldin
  • 1933: The Eternal Jew (compilation film, director)
  • 1933: The Rabbi's Strength / A Vilna Legend (compilation film, director) - using excerpts from Tkies khaf , 1924 by Zygmunt Turkow
  • 1933: The Wandering Jew (Director)
  • 1936: Love and Sacrifice (Libe and Laydnshaft, director)
  • 1937: I Want to Be a Boarder (Director)
  • 1937: I Want to Be a Mother (Director)
  • 1937: Where Is My Child? (Film editing)
  • 1937: The Dybbuk (film editing)
  • 1939: On a heym (English subtitles)

literature

  • J. Hoberman: Bridge of Light. Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds . Temple University Press, Philadelphia, Penn. 1995, p. 183 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-York/George-Roland_5s4wd
  2. ↑ http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/catskill-honeymoon-1950
  3. ↑ http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/501315/Zein-Weib-s-Lubovnick/notes.html
  4. ↑ http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/496038/Joseph-in-the-Land-of-Egypt/notes.html
  5. ↑ http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/avilnalegend.htm
  6. ↑ Hoberman suspects that there were two different George Rolands in Yiddish film: "The leading practitioner of this dubious form" [meaning Roland's compilation films in which he created a Yiddish sound film by adding a framework from old silent films] "was George Roland - not, apparently, Sidney Goldin's onetime assistant, but a New York-based editor employed by Warners to rework their foreign releases. "
personal data
SURNAME Roland, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Film director, film producer and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 20th century