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    Salome of the Tenements is a novel published in 1922 by Jewish-American writer Anzia Yezierska. The novel follows the story of a young Jewish immigrant...
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    Salome of the Tenements is a 1925 American silent drama film adapted to the screen by Sonya Levien from the Anzia Yezierska novel of the same name. Made...
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    Anzia Yezierska (category Emigrants from Congress Poland to the United States)
    Yezierska's strength as an author was best found in her novels. Her first novel, Salome of the Tenements (1923), was inspired by her friend Rose Pastor Stokes...
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    Jetta Goudal (category Dutch emigrants to the United States)
    came in The Bright Shawl (1923). She quickly earned praise for her film work, especially for her performance in 1925's Salome of the Tenements, a currently...
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  • The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1920s. Paramount Pictures...
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    of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan. The film Hester Street is based on the book. Salome of the Tenements by Anzia Yezierska, published in 1923 Bread...
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    Jack Garfein (category Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States)
    "one of the most moving dramatic vignettes seen on TV in a long time; a simple story of love among the tenements, combining realism with a touch of poesy...
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  • 1988. The Japanese word roman (ロマン) arguably either refers to the French word roman, meaning "novel" (work of fiction), or is an abbreviation of the phrase...
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    Judith Ortiz Cofer (category Deaths from liver cancer in the United States)
    Judith Speaks of the Death of Holoferness, Kalliope, ISSN 0735-7885 Salome Remembers John the Baptist, Kalliope, ISSN 0735-7885 What the Gypsy Said to...
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    1886. In William J. Mann's novel The Biograph Girl (2000), Mann blends the facts of Lawrence's life with fiction. Instead of fading into oblivion and committing...
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