The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 14, 1959Release Date
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 14, 1959Release Date
Plot.
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.
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Cast & Crew.
Sam Levene
Mendele
Gertrude Berg
Hannele ('The High School')
Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel
Conrad Bromberg
Moshka Katz ('The High School')
Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Elsa Freed
Actress
Nancy Walker
Rifkele
Don Richardson
Director
Sholom Aleichem
Writer
Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Y.L. Peretz
Writer
Arnold Perl
Writer
Henry T. Weinstein
Producer
Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper
Jack Gilford
Bontshe Shveig
Frederick Rolf
Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel
Bob Rafelson
Script Editor
Marc Merson
Casting
Lewis Freedman
Producer
Lee Miller
Production Assistant
Ellida Geira
Choreographer
Cricket McCune
Makeup Supervisor
Budd Wilds
Production Supervisor
Michael Travis
Costume Design
Myron Bleam
Set Decoration
Jack McGeehan
Unit Manager
Bill Bunce
Graphic Designer
Zvi Geyra
Settings
Vernon Cook
Lighting Director
Serge Hovey
Original Music Composer
Robert de Cormier
Original Music Composer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on play or musical
anthology
live broadcast
live television
jewish