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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1959-12-14
- video_camera_front Companies Talent Associates
- timer Runtime: 98 Mins
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Gertrude Berg
Hannah
Sam Levene
Mendele
Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel
Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Nancy Walker
Rifkele
Jack Gilford
Bontsche Shveig / Angel
Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Elsa Freed
Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper
Conrad Bromberg
(as Conrad Josephs)
Frederick Rolf
Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel
Dora Weissman
Carl Reindel
groups Crew
Arnold Perl
Writer
Lewis Freedman
Producer
Henry T. Weinstein
Producer
Marc Merson
Casting
Myron Bleam
Set Decoration
Michael Travis
Costume Design
Cricket McCune
Makeup Supervisor
Jack McGeehan
Unit Manager
Budd Wilds
Production Supervisor
Bill Bunce
Graphic Designer
Zvi Geyra
Settings
Vernon Cook
Lighting Director
Bob Rafelson
Script Editor
Ellida Geira
Choreographer
Lee Miller
Production Assistant
Serge Hovey
Original Music Composer
Robert de Cormier
Original Music Composer
Sholom Aleichem
Story
Y.L. Peretz
Story
Don Richardson
Director
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