American Pop (1981)

Directors

Ralph Bakshi

Cast

Frank de Kova, Lisa Jane Persky, Mews Small, Ralph Bakshi, Richard Moll, Ron Thompson, Vincent Schiavelli

The story

In Imperial Russia in about 1905, a rabbi's wife and her young son Zalmie escape to America while the rabbi is killed by the Cossacks. Shortly after their arrival in New York City, Zalmie is recruited by Louie, a performer at a burlesque house, to hand out chorus slips (sheets of paper with song chorus lyrics, used to enable audience members to sing along). As Zalmie grows into adolescence, he spends more time with Louie backstage at burlesque shows.

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