Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he can have Shirley back, and Nat graciously gives in. According to Nat's mother, his Uncle Shya was unlucky at love but lucky as a matchmaker, and Nat is just like Shya. Nat tells his family he's going to Italy. But he remains in New York and sets himself up with a new name and new business, Nat Gold, Advisor in Human Relations...
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Leo Fuchs
Nat Silver / Uncle Shya
Judith Abarbanel
Judith Aarons
Judel Dubinsky
Maurice
Anna Guskin
Elvie Silver
Celia Brodkin
Nat's Mother (as Celia Boodkin)
Rosetta Bialis
Mrs. Aarons
Abraham Lax
Simon P. Schwalbenrock
Esther Adler
Undetermined Role (as E. Adler)
Sarah Krohner
Undetermined Role (as S. Krohner)
Charles Cohen
Undetermined Role (as Ch. Cohen)
William Mercur
Undetermined Role (as W. Mercur)
Jacob Mestel
Undetermined Role (as J. Mestel)
Arthur Winters
Undetermined Role (as A. Winters)
Miriam Grossman
Undetermined Role (as M. Grossman)
Arianne Ulmer
Undetermined Role (as A. Ulmer)
