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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. The plot focuses on a tale of young Jewish violinist caught between ghetto and salon.

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.

See also

References

  1. Hurst, Fannie (2004). The Stories of Fannie Hurst. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-55861-483-3.
  2. 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.
  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, 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
  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 2024-12-25
  5. 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.
  6. Goble, Alan (2011-09-08). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 235. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.


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