Maurice Schwartz

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).

  • Title: Maurice Schwartz
  • Popularity: 1.606
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1889-06-18
  • Place of Birth: Sedikov, Ukraine
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Maurice Schwartz Movies

  • 1911
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    Little Moritz Runs Away With Rosalie

    Little Moritz Runs Away With Rosalie

    1 1911 HD

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  • 1926
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    Broken Hearts

    Broken Hearts

    1 1926 HD

    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,...

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  • 1953
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    Salome

    Salome

    5.8 1953 HD

    In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but...

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  • 1911
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    Little Moritz aime Rosalie

    Little Moritz aime Rosalie

    4 1911 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    Bird of Paradise

    Bird of Paradise

    5.7 1951 HD

    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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  • 1912
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    Little Moritz and the Toothache

    Little Moritz and the Toothache

    1 1912 HD

    Little Moritz has a toothache.

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  • 1911
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    Little Moritz est un musicien consciencieux

    Little Moritz est un musicien consciencieux

    1 1911 HD

    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...

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  • 1911
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    Little Moritz est trop petit

    Little Moritz est trop petit

    1 1911 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
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    Little Moritz, soldat d'Afrique

    Little Moritz, soldat d'Afrique

    1 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1911
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    Little Moritz fait une course pressée

    Little Moritz fait une course pressée

    1 1911 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
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    Little Moritz épicier

    Little Moritz épicier

    1 1912 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    Uncle Moses

    Uncle Moses

    6 1932 HD

    Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with...

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  • 1911
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    Little Moritz Wants to Marry Rosalie

    Little Moritz Wants to Marry Rosalie

    1 1911 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    Tevye

    Tevye

    5.857 1939 HD

    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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  • 1953
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    Slaves of Babylon

    Slaves of Babylon

    4.7 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    The Man Behind the Mask

    The Man Behind the Mask

    4.8 1936 HD

    A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and...

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  • 1943
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    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to Moscow

    5.2 1943 HD

    Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

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  • 1912
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    Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts

    Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts

    4 1912 HD

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  • 1924
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    Yizkor

    Yizkor

    7 1924 HD

    A period drama set in a Volhynian village.

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  • 1911
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    Le fusil de Little Moritz

    Le fusil de Little Moritz

    5 1911 HD

    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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  • 1939
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    Tevye

    Tevye

    5.857 1939 HD

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  • 1926
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    Broken Hearts

    Broken Hearts

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1939
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    Tevye

    Tevye

    5.857 1939 HD

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  • 1932
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    Uncle Moses

    Uncle Moses

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1939
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    Tevye

    Tevye

    5.857 1939 HD

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