Herschel Bernardi Movies

This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in...

An adopted boy's parents are killed, and to keep him from returning to the state's custody, he and his grandfather run away.

In this animated retelling of the classic tale, Abdul Aziz Magoo -- an ancestor of Mr. Magoo -- is the lamp-selling uncle of Aladdin. Tired of his...

Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to...

An older woman gets involved with her young neighbor.

During the Depression, a druggist is overly generous with his hard-luck customers.

An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.

Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust.

A promotional short for Operation Crossbow (1965) giving historical background for the film's plot using archival footage of Robert Goddard's rocket...

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died for betraying atomic secrets. Were they guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

The Mighty Heroes are called into action in order to prevent "The Super Cooler" from freezing the town of Goodhaven.

A raw, rare short film about the need for a progressive overhaul of the penal system.

Provides a personal narrative of the Jewish experience in America. Herschel Bernardi explains how the Jewish East Side deliberately abolished itself...

Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they...