Day Tripping: December 9
The Hollywood Icon
Issur Danielovitch was born in 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. His Russian immigrant parents were the poorest people in town. Issur and his mother his endured father’s abusive behavior after drinking away what little he earned.
While a boy in kindergarten, Issur received applause for reciting a poem, and from that moment he knew he wanted to become an actor. But to…