Henry Lynn

Henry Lynn
Production: Power of Life, NYC, 1939
Born(1895-07-21)July 21, 1895
DiedAugust 25, 1984(1984-08-25) (aged 89)
OccupationProducer/Director/Writer
SpouseKitty Cooperman

Henry Lynn (July 21, 1895 – August 25, 1984) was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, who concentrated on Yiddish life and culture in the United States in the years 1932–1939, the era of Yiddish film in America. Lynn was an innovator in sound technology, frequently commissioned original music, and he used popular radio and opera stars Boris Thomashefsky, Esther Field, and Seymour Rexite, as well as New York stage actors like Celia Adler.