Еврейская комсомольская
муз. И. Дунаевского, сл. В. Волженина
Железнодор. анс. песни и пляски
ЦДКЖ и Гос. орк. СССР п/у
Засл. деят. иск.
И. О. Дунаевского
Здесь и везде: "Искатели счастья" -- это "Seekers of happiness". А "In pursuit of happiness" -- это совсем другой фильм, "В погоне за счастьем", 1927 года.
Sorry for Mr. Dunayevskiy. This melody was not composed by him.
He stole the melody of the hebrew song ’Kuma Ekha’ (Rise Up, Brother), that was written in the mid 20th, by Ytskhak Shenhar, lyrics and Shalom Postolsky, music, in Israel (than Palestine).
the melody was brought to the USSR by the composer Zinovy Kompanyets who visited Palestine.
Dunayevskiy was not ashamed to include this song in his combinated piece ’Dunaida’, bringing some of his best song.
the following recording was made on 1935. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Re325Y1wQ
you mean Grigory Kompanyets who was Habima conductor at that time? / вы имеете ввиду Григория Компанейца, в это время дирижера "Габимы"?
ps
in any case, personally for me, this tune already smells "eliyahu hanavi" / в любом случае, лично для меня, эта мелодия всегда пахнет "элиягу ханави"