
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Drama · TV Movie
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Gertrude Berg
Gertrude Berg
Hannah
Gertrude Berg
Hannah


Sam Levene
Sam Levene
Mendele
Sam Levene
Mendele


Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel
Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel


Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel


Lee Grant
Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel


Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker
Rifkele
Nancy Walker
Rifkele


Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford
Bontsche Shveig / Angel
Jack Gilford
Bontsche Shveig / Angel


Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Elsa Freed
Elsa Freed
Elsa Freed


Henry Lascoe
Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper
Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper
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