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Family Movies

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.

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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
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Harry and Dora Lieberman, Abe and Rebecca Lieberman. (1939)

In addition to Harry, Dora, Abe and Rebecca, there is a woman with a very young child. I'm sure it must be a Lieber-baby. I'm wondering if the lady is the wife of Ben or Hy.

This clip is 36s long.

People seen in movie:
Abraham Lieberman
Becky Dumes Lieberman
Dora Lieberman Lasky
Harry Lieberman
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Abe and Rebecca Lieberman family with Hy, Harry and others. (1942)

The Abe Lieberman family is featured in this wonderful 8mm color WW2 era clip. Perhaps around '42? Harry looks like he could be 16. I'm assuming that this is at Abe and Rebecca's Evansville home.

This clip is 4m 54s long.

People seen in movie:
Heiman Lieberman
Abraham Lieberman
Becky Dumes Lieberman
Annie Blacker Lieberman
Dora Lieberman Lasky
Harry Lieberman
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Dora and Lenny Lasky (1945)

Dora and Lenny Lasky in front of the home of William J. Dumes.

This clip is 31s long.

People seen in movie:
Leonard Lasky
Dora Lieberman Lasky
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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
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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
Pauline Hamburg Lieberman
Sol Dumes
Leonard Lasky
Nathan Lieberman
Mildred Dumes Dansker
Jeannette Dumes Karp
Evelyn Swimmer Dumes
William Dumes
Louis Dumes
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Lieber-mania! (1952)

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

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