The World of Sholom Aleichem
The World of Sholom Aleichem

The World of Sholom Aleichem

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1959
1h 38m
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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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14 members
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Gertrude Berg

Hannah

Gertrude Berg
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Sam Levene

Mendele

Sam Levene
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Zero Mostel

Melamed / Maxel

Zero Mostel
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Morris Carnovsky

Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel

Morris Carnovsky
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Lee Grant

The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

Lee Grant
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Nancy Walker

Rifkele

Nancy Walker
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Jack Gilford

Bontsche Shveig / Angel

Jack Gilford
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Charlotte Rae

The Angel Rochele

Charlotte Rae
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Elsa Freed

Unknown Role

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Henry Lascoe

Dodi the Innkeeper

Henry Lascoe
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Conrad Bromberg

(as Conrad Josephs)

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Frederick Rolf

Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel

Frederick Rolf
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Dora Weissman

Unknown Role

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Carl Reindel

Unknown Role

Carl Reindel

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