Today is the 100th anniversary of the release of the Keystone one-reel comedy Cohen Saves the Flag, directed and produced by Mack Sennett. Is it anti-Semitic? Star Ford Sterling, a non-Jew, specialized in the stereotypical Hebrew character, often called Cohen in the Keystones. This film ridicules the very notion of a Lieutenant Goldberg and a Sgt. Cohen. Yet they perform […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:14AM on November 27, 2013