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Tag Line: Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof

Status: Released

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Release Date: Dec 14, 1959

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Run Time: 1h 38m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Talent Associates


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Gertrude Berg

Gertrude Berg

Hannah

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Mendele

Age : 75 | Popularity : 7%

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Melamed / Maxel

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel

Age : 94 | Popularity : 3%

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

Age : 98 | Popularity : 16%

Nancy Walker

Nancy Walker

Rifkele

Age : 69 | Popularity : 5%

Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Bontsche Shveig / Angel

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae

The Angel Rochele

Age : 92 | Popularity : 11%


Crew

Department Role Name
Writing Script Editor
Bob Rafelson
Bob Rafelson
Writer
Arnold Perl
Arnold Perl
Story
Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem
Y.L. Peretz
Y.L. Peretz
Production Casting
Marc Merson
Marc Merson
Producer
Henry T. Weinstein
Henry T. Weinstein
Lewis Freedman
Lewis Freedman
Production Assistant
Lee Miller
Lee Miller
Production Supervisor
Budd Wilds
Budd Wilds
Unit Manager
Jack McGeehan
Jack McGeehan
Crew Choreographer
Ellida Geira
Ellida Geira
Directing Director
Don Richardson
Don Richardson
Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor
Cricket McCune
Cricket McCune
Costume Design
Michael Travis
Michael Travis
Art Set Decoration
Myron Bleam
Myron Bleam
Graphic Designer
Bill Bunce
Bill Bunce
Settings
Zvi Geyra
Zvi Geyra
Lighting Lighting Director
Vernon Cook
Vernon Cook
Sound Original Music Composer
Serge Hovey
Serge Hovey
Robert de Cormier
Robert de Cormier
Department Role Name

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