American Matchmaker
1940 · 87 min
Comedy · Romance
★ 4.0Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he can have Shirley back, and Nat graciously gives in. According to Nat's mother, his Uncle Shya was unlucky at love but lucky as a matchmaker, and Nat is just like Shya. Nat tells his family he's going to Italy. But he remains in New York and sets himself up with a new name and new business, Nat Gold, Advisor in Human Relations...
Crew
- Director Edgar G. Ulmer
- Screenplay Shirley Ulmer
- Story Gustav H. Heimo
- Director of Photography Edward Hyland
- Director of Photography J. Burgi Contner
Cast
Leo Fuchs
Nat Silver / Uncle Shya
- J
Judith Abarbanel
Judith Aarons
- J
Judel Dubinsky
Maurice
- A
Anna Guskin
Elvie Silver
- C
Celia Brodkin
Nat's Mother (as Celia Boodkin)
- R
Rosetta Bialis
Mrs. Aarons
- A
Abraham Lax
Simon P. Schwalbenrock
- E
Esther Adler
Undetermined Role (as E. Adler)
- S
Sarah Krohner
Undetermined Role (as S. Krohner)
- C
Charles Cohen
Undetermined Role (as Ch. Cohen)
- W
William Mercur
Undetermined Role (as W. Mercur)
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Jacob Mestel
Undetermined Role (as J. Mestel)
Crew
- Director — Edgar G. Ulmer
- Screenplay — Shirley Ulmer
- Story — Gustav H. Heimo
- Director of Photography — Edward Hyland
- Director of Photography — J. Burgi Contner
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