You may be surprised to learn that William J. Dumes started filming the Dumes family in the 1930s, and
every branch of the family is represented in his collection. His films make the basis of what is presented here.
The
first movies in the 1930s were in 8mm black and white, but he sometimes splurged on the color film, which must have cost
a fortune. But the images are very pretty. Sometime in the early 50s he went to 16mm, and some of the clips are excellent. The quality of the
movies vary, but they are a wonderful record of the Sadie Silk Dumes family in America.
For me, this is the culmination of an assignment
given to me by my Dad over 50 years ago to find a way to best distribute these movies, which he considered to be treasured items to the family.
Click on the images below to watch the movies. These are all now, or soon will be, newly remastered in HD, 1280x720.
Meet the ancestors: Sarah, Louis, Rebecca, Fannie, Anna, William (1937)
This is quite a movie! Every branch of the Dumes family is represented. I don't think Arthur Dumes is in the film, but there are two men I can't identify. I think one might be Max Fishman, but I'm not sure who the other might be. I was told that Abe Schultz rarely attended family events because he was always working. Arthur's daughters are here, though I don't see his son Bill I.
This clip is really an astonishing bit of family history. Enjoy!
This clip is 6m8s long.
People seen in movie:
Blanche Schultz Katz Stanley Dumes Freda Fialco Dumes Anna Dumes Schultz Dora Lieberman Lasky Hy Dumes Bill Dumes Becky Dumes Lieberman Norma Dumes Bear Rebecca Stein Dumes Heiman Lieberman Libby Dumes Gluck Fannie Dumes Fishman Sarah Dumes Kaplan Ben Karp Benjamin Lieberman Sol Karp Nathan Lieberman Harry Lieberman Abraham Lieberman Jacob Kaplan Mildred Dumes Dansker Jeannette Dumes Karp Louis Dumes
Nate, Pauline and Dora Lieberman, Arthur, Louis, William J., Hy and Irene Dumes (1947)
This is a fun family gathering. We have brothers Arthur, Louis and William J. as well as Nate and wife Pauline Lieberman with Nate's sister Dora. As usual, daughter Mildred, son Stan and wife Freda are there with William J. Hy and Irene wouldn't miss it!
This clip is 3m 15s long.
People seen in movie:
Arthur Dumes Stanley Dumes Freda Fialco Dumes Dora Lieberman Lasky Hy Dumes Nathan Lieberman Irene Melcher Dumes Bill Dumes Pauline Hamburg Lieberman Mildred Dumes Dansker Louis Dumes
The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio. (1950)
The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio by my mother Phyllis that I recorded while we watched the movie together. They were married in Terre Haute in a very fancy wedding with hundreds of guests.
The wedding movie is 20m 6s long.
People seen in movie:
Stanley Dumes Freda Fialco Dumes Dora Lieberman Lasky Hy Dumes Irene Melcher Dumes Bill Dumes Elaine Cohen Dumes Pauline Hamburg Lieberman Sol Dumes Leonard Lasky Nathan Lieberman Mildred Dumes Dansker Jeannette Dumes Karp Evelyn Swimmer Dumes William Dumes Louis Dumes
This excellent clip features the family of Nathan Lieberman (Pauline, Phil, Stephanie, Art), Dora Lieberman Lasky (Lynn, Judy) as well as Harry & Rebecca Lieberman and a cameo by William J. Dumes.
This clip is 7m 54s.
People seen in movie:
Dora Lieberman Lasky Harry Lieberman Nathan Lieberman Becky Dumes Lieberman Pauline Hamburg Lieberman Annie Blacker Lieberman
The Bar Mitzvah of Harold Dumes. This features interviews with Nate and Pauline Lieberman, Bill and Freda Dumes, George Vinik.
This clip is 25m 15s long.
People seen in movie:
Ida Zucker Abels Stanley Dumes Freda Fialco Dumes Nathan Lieberman Bill Dumes Pauline Hamburg Lieberman Sandra Dumes Simmons George Vinik William Dumes
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