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Maurice Schwartz
Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. With his successes as an actor, Schwartz was also drawn to Hollywood, appearing in his first silent film in 1910. He appeared in more than twenty films between 1910 and 1953; the majority were silents. He also wrote, produced, or directed several films.
Among his major roles in motion pictures were in Broken Hearts (1926), Uncle Moses (1932), Tevya (1939), Mission to Moscow (1943), and as Ezra in the Biblical drama Salome (1953).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.492 |
Birthday | 1889-06-18 |
Place of Birth | Sedikov, Ukraine |
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![Salome](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kHZnxZoxYJPXMfkPieR0xNiTJjh.jpg)
1953
![Salome](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kHZnxZoxYJPXMfkPieR0xNiTJjh.jpg)
Salome
5.78/41
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but H...
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![Bird of Paradise](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sW2Z1HKzQZEMCdKbyp3Krdcwqs.jpg)
1951
![Bird of Paradise](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sW2Z1HKzQZEMCdKbyp3Krdcwqs.jpg)
Bird of Paradise
5.7/6
Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and...
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![Little Moritz Wants to Marry Rosalie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zCEQcS5l1te3AFO4KwbcSDz4DSP.jpg)
1911
![Little Moritz Wants to Marry Rosalie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zCEQcS5l1te3AFO4KwbcSDz4DSP.jpg)
Little Moritz Wants to Marry Rosalie
0/0
Wimpy Little Moritz needs to toughen up to win Rosalie, but ends up smashing everyone and everything in sight when boxing lessons turn him into a mind...
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![Uncle Moses](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sLrMxTWLipNeLj4YmCRpOGJHqig.jpg)
1932
![Uncle Moses](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sLrMxTWLipNeLj4YmCRpOGJHqig.jpg)
Uncle Moses
6/1
Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with her...
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![Tevye](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dGKeHz1tKYeVU88zNwwb0MrKb37.jpg)
1939
![Tevye](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dGKeHz1tKYeVU88zNwwb0MrKb37.jpg)
Tevye
5.7/6
Tevye is a dairyman in the Russian Ukraine early in the 20th century. He lives in a cabin outside Boyberik with his wife Goldie, his widowed daughter...
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![Slaves of Babylon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1oAtJOBC3ZuDzo15lyBN31ycHjZ.jpg)
1953
![Slaves of Babylon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1oAtJOBC3ZuDzo15lyBN31ycHjZ.jpg)
Slaves of Babylon
4.7/3
The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shephe...
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![The Man Behind the Mask](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gig1XiroHCkK1EHJUeDNMb8e8KR.jpg)
1936
![The Man Behind the Mask](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gig1XiroHCkK1EHJUeDNMb8e8KR.jpg)
The Man Behind the Mask
4.8/5
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and h...
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![Mission to Moscow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pQ2hj7sfTwUGtz7mulxAc28hKYQ.jpg)
1943
![Mission to Moscow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pQ2hj7sfTwUGtz7mulxAc28hKYQ.jpg)
Mission to Moscow
5.2/17
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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![Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1912
![Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts
4/1
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![Yizkor](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1924
![Yizkor](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Yizkor
7/1
A period drama set in a Volhynian village.
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![Le fusil de Little Moritz](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1911
![Le fusil de Little Moritz](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Le fusil de Little Moritz
5/1
Little Moritz gets a rifle that shoots little darts from hs father and immediately uses to it break windows and cause messes.
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![Little Moritz Runs Away With Rosalie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vgQcb6qq4z5gU7aU1u6LN7lSPoW.jpg)
1911
![Little Moritz Runs Away With Rosalie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vgQcb6qq4z5gU7aU1u6LN7lSPoW.jpg)
Little Moritz Runs Away With Rosalie
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![Broken Hearts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7xtkIntmYBvT3VZXVaLUucSIH3j.jpg)
1926
![Broken Hearts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7xtkIntmYBvT3VZXVaLUucSIH3j.jpg)
Broken Hearts
0/0
A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US, wher...
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![Little Moritz aime Rosalie](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1911
![Little Moritz aime Rosalie](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz aime Rosalie
4/1
Maurice Schwartz and Sarah Duhamel meet at a party, and he falls instantly in love with her. She doesn't even notice him. He follows her and her escor...
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![Little Moritz and the Toothache](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1912
![Little Moritz and the Toothache](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz and the Toothache
0/0
Little Moritz has a toothache.
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![Little Moritz est trop petit](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1911
![Little Moritz est trop petit](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz est trop petit
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Little Moritz, bearing a letter of introduction to a gentleman with a charming daughter, makes his appearance at the house to ask him for the young la...
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![Little Moritz est un musicien consciencieux](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n5xyWcs3L9zOkdMzdrXcvJr6cG.jpg)
1911
![Little Moritz est un musicien consciencieux](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n5xyWcs3L9zOkdMzdrXcvJr6cG.jpg)
Little Moritz est un musicien consciencieux
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Maurice Schwartz is a hurdy-gurdy man, a player of what is essentially a giant music box who sets up in public places, plays his tune, and is rewarded...
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![Little Moritz fait une course pressée](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1911
![Little Moritz fait une course pressée](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz fait une course pressée
0/0
Maurice Schwartz is the doorman at a restaurant. An elegant customer has him deliver a letter to a young lady, asking her to join him, and promises Sc...
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![Little Moritz épicier](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1912
![Little Moritz épicier](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz épicier
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Maurice Schwartz gets a job in a spice store. As low man on the totem pole, he does the deliveries, at which he is particularly inept. There's also a...
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![Little Moritz, soldat d'Afrique](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1912
![Little Moritz, soldat d'Afrique](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Little Moritz, soldat d'Afrique
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Maurice Schwartz is a soldier somewhere in Africa in front of a painted backdrop. Assigned to guard duty while his mess mates march off, he is frighte...
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