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Tango01  | 16 Feb 2024 5:12 p.m. PST |
…forgotten Jewish patriot
"In the pantheon of name-brand Founding Fathers, Haym Salomon stands well back of the pack. His picture is not on our currency, his statue is not in the Capitol Rotunda, and his character is not on stage in "Hamilton." Unless you're a Revolutionary War buff or an alumna of Hebrew School during the Cold War, the name will probably not ring a bell.
In spring 1939, however, as Americans tried to ignore the sound of goosesteps in Europe, Salomon was given an honor bestowed on only a select few from the pageant of history — a Hollywood biopic. Admittedly, it was not a feature-length biopic on the order of the "Great Man" epics that thrived in the 1930s, a decade in dire need of larger-than-life heroes, when audiences flocked to well-mounted hagiographies like "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), and "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939)…"
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