ABSTRACT

As is widely acknowledged in film studies and beyond, Jewish entrepreneurs and artists contributed significantly to the rise of cinema in the US and many European countries. However, apart from some research in the American and British contexts, the extent to which Jewish cinemagoers attended screenings is largely unknown. To stimulate greater scholarly interest in this topic, this paper discusses the broad applicability of the Historic Jewish Press digital collection, which contains newspapers printed in 16 different languages, reflecting the range of languages used by Jewish communities worldwide. Using the example of the search for Jewish patrons of the Palace Cinema in 1920s Warsaw, the paper shows how digital research can be used to extract information about marginalised Jewish audiences. Finally, it demonstrates how these sources can be used for new investigations and research perspectives.

摘要

正如电影研究及其他领域广泛承认的那样，犹太企业家和艺术家对美国和许多欧洲国家电影的崛起做出了重大贡献。然而，除了对美国和英国背景的一些研究之外，犹太电影观众观看电影的程度在很大程度上尚不清楚。为了激发对此主题更大的学术兴趣，本文讨论了历史犹太出版社数字馆藏的广泛适用性，其中包含以 16 种不同语言印刷的报纸，反映了全世界犹太社区使用的语言范围。本文以 20 世纪 20 年代华沙皇宫电影院的犹太顾客搜索为例，展示了如何利用数字研究来提取有关边缘化犹太观众的信息。最后，