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Cast
Gertrude Berg | As: Hannah | |
Sam Levene | As: Mendele | |
Zero Mostel | As: Melamed / Maxel | |
Morris Carnovsky | As: Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel | |
Lee Grant | As: The Goatseller / Avenging Angel |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof |
Certification: | Unknown |
Cast
Gertrude Berg |
Hannah |
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Sam Levene |
Mendele |
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Zero Mostel |
Melamed / Maxel |
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Morris Carnovsky |
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel |
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Lee Grant |
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel |
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Nancy Walker |
Rifkele |
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Jack Gilford |
Bontsche Shveig / Angel |
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Charlotte Rae |
The Angel Rochele |
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Elsa Freed |
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Henry Lascoe |
Dodi the Innkeeper |
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Conrad Bromberg |
(as Conrad Josephs) |
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Frederick Rolf |
Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel |
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Dora Weissman |
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Carl Reindel |
Directed By
Don Richardson |
Director |
Writing Credits
Y.L. Peretz |
Story |
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Arnold Perl |
Writer |
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Sholom Aleichem |
Story |
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Bob Rafelson |
Script Editor |
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Production Crew
Jack McGeehan |
Unit Manager |
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Lewis Freedman |
Producer |
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Lee Miller |
Production Assistant |
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Henry T. Weinstein |
Producer |
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Marc Merson |
Casting |
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Budd Wilds |
Production Supervisor |
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Edited By
Costume and Makeup
Michael Travis |
Costume Design |
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Cricket McCune |
Makeup Supervisor |
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Sound
Robert de Cormier |
Original Music Composer |
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Serge Hovey |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Lighting
Vernon Cook |
Lighting Director |
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Art Department
Zvi Geyra |
Settings |
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Myron Bleam |
Set Decoration |
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Bill Bunce |
Graphic Designer |
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Other Crew
Ellida Geira |
Choreographer |
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