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American Matchmaker (1940) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 87 mins · Yiddish
- Directed by
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Starring
- Leo Fuchs, Charles Cohen, Arianne Ulmer, Esther Adler, Miriam Grossman, Celia Brodkin
Nat Silver, engaged seven times, believes his eighth will stick. On the wedding eve, Shirley’s ex‑boyfriend shows up with a gun, demanding she return, and Nat reluctantly complies. Mother says uncle Shya was unlucky in love but a famed matchmaker—an instinct Nat seems to share. He stays in New York, assumes the name “Nat Gold,” and opens a consulting firm.
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