Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz was born in the Russian hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne, in 1887 and came to the US at the age of ten. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatricals occurred in 1903, in staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem, the first person to do that. He augmented his theater appearances by writing for and editing a Yiddish satirical magazine under
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⭐ 6.5The Demi-Bride
⭐ 0Frisco Sally Levy
⭐ 0Dinner at Eight
⭐ 6.7Sporting Blood
⭐ 5.5Hard to Handle
⭐ 6.6The Ol' Gray Hoss
⭐ 6International Crime
⭐ 5.4Upstage
⭐ 6Devotion
⭐ 6.8Laughing Sinners
⭐ 5.4British Agent
⭐ 5.5Gentleman's Fate
⭐ 5.5Cock of the Air
⭐ 8The Cardboard Lover
⭐ 5.7Money Means Nothing
⭐ 4The Garden of Eden
⭐ 5.6Hollywood Mystery
⭐ 3.5The Law of the Range
⭐ 2.5The Kibitzer
⭐ 4.7Detectives
⭐ 0Exit Smiling
⭐ 7.9Whistling in the Dark
⭐ 5.6Broadway to Hollywood
⭐ 4.6Let Freedom Ring
⭐ 6Mutiny on the Blackhawk
⭐ 0Henry Goes Arizona
⭐ 6The Trail of '98
⭐ 6.2Bringing Up Father
⭐ 3Bridal Suite
⭐ 5.1Cipher Bureau
⭐ 5.3All Teed Up
⭐ 3.3Show People
⭐ 7.1Nothing Sacred
⭐ 6.2The Duke Steps Out
⭐ 5The Chief
⭐ 3House of Horror
⭐ 0The Latest from Paris
⭐ 0Salome of the Tenements
⭐ 0Whispering Whoopee
⭐ 5.8Faithless
⭐ 6.8Big Executive
⭐ 0Lilies of the Field
⭐ 3.5The Notorious Sophie Lang
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