by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Originally titled Eternal Fools, His Wife's Lover was advertised as the first Yiddish-language musical comedy film. Based on a popular stage play, the film stars Ludwig Satz as a prominent middle-aged actor in search of a pretty young wife. The ripe-for-cuckolding Satz chooses toothsome Lucy Levine, but can't hold her for long. His Wife's Lover was one of a handful of American films directed by Yiddish filmmaker Sidney Goldin before he returned to his home base of Vienna in 1931. It was followed by what many consider Goldin's masterpiece, Uncle Moses.
characteristics
- Assumed Identities
- Romance
- Romantic
- Seduction
- Seductress
- Role-switching
- Mistaken-identity
- Disguise
- Faithfulness

