Humoresque (1919 short story)

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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]

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  1. ↑ Hurst, Fannie (2004). The Stories of Fannie Hurst. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-55861-483-3.
  2. ↑ Cripps, Thomas (July 1, 1975). "The Movie Jew as an Image of Assimilationism, 1903-1927". Journal of Popular Film. 4 (3): 190–207. doi:10.1080/00472719.1975.10661772. ISSN   0047-2719.
  3. ↑ 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, Worlds of Consumption, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 133–158, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88960-9_6, ISBN   978-3-030-88960-9 , retrieved December 25, 2024
  4. ↑ 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 December 25, 2024
  5. ↑ Buhle, Paul (June 17, 2004). From the Lower East Side to Hollywood: Jews in American Popular Culture. Verso. pp. 66–67. ISBN   978-1-85984-598-1.
  6. ↑ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 235. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.
  7. ↑ Lant, Antonia; Periz, Ingrid (December 17, 2006). Red Velvet Seat: Women's Writings on the First Fifty Years of Cinema. Verso Books. p. 528. ISBN   978-1-85984-722-0.
  8. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (January 10, 2014). American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 97–98. ISBN   978-0-7864-9279-4.


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