Humoresque (1919 short story)
Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It is a 1919 short story by Fannie Hurst. It debuted in Cosmopolitan in March that year and later that year was published in the collection Humoresque and Other Stories.[1] The plot focuses on a tale of young Jewish violinist caught between ghetto and salon.[2][3][4][5]
It was adapted into stage plays (1923, directed by J. Hartley Manners) and films (1920, directed by Frank Borzage; 1946, directed by Jean Negulesco) of the same name.[6][7][8]
See also
References
- ^ Hurst, Fannie (2004). The Stories of Fannie Hurst. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-55861-483-3.
- ^ Cripps, Thomas (1975-07-01). "The Movie Jew as an Image of Assimilationism, 1903-1927". Journal of Popular Film. doi:10.1080/00472719.1975.10661772. ISSN 0047-2719.
- ^ Wallach, Kerry (2022), Lerner, Paul; Spiekermann, Uwe; Schenderlein, Anne (eds.), "Buy Me a Mink: Jews, Fur, and Conspicuous Consumption", Jewish Consumer Cultures in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe and North America, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 133–158, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88960-9_6, ISBN 978-3-030-88960-9, retrieved 2024-12-25
- ^ Toffell, Gil (2018), Toffell, Gil (ed.), "Films of Jewish Interest", Jews, Cinema and Public Life in Interwar Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 61–112, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-56931-8_3, ISBN 978-1-137-56931-8, retrieved 2024-12-25
- ^ Buhle, Paul (2004-06-17). From the Lower East Side to Hollywood: Jews in American Popular Culture. Verso. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-85984-598-1.
- ^ Goble, Alan (2011-09-08). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 235. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ^ Lant, Antonia; Periz, Ingrid (2006-12-17). Red Velvet Seat: Women's Writings on the First Fifty Years of Cinema. Verso Books. p. 528. ISBN 978-1-85984-722-0.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2014-01-10). American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-7864-9279-4.