Monticello, here we come! / Cinema Services Corp. presents ; produced by Joseph Seiden. The Sabbath in Amsterdam / Geluidsopnamen, Polygoon Haarlem en Tobias-Klangfilm, Studios Éclair, Paris-Épinay-sur-Seine.

Format:

Archive

Video

Contributor:

Seiden, Joseph, editor, producer.

Daniels, Larry, host, performer.

Skulnik, Menasha, 1892-1970, performer.

Buloff, Joseph, performer.

Fuchs, Leo, performer.

Rosenberg, Michel, performer.

Wilner, Max, 1895-1956, performer.

Michalesko, Michal, 1888-1957, performer.

Rechtzeit, Seymour, 1908-2002, performer.

Zwerling, Yetta, 1894-1982, performer.

Salzman, Esta, 1914-2008, performer.

Burton Sisters, performer.

Finkel, Fyvush, 1922-2016, performer.

Waldman, Leibele, performer.

Cinema Services Corp., producer.

Jewish Talking Picture Co., producer.

Polygoon Haarlem (Firm), producer.

Tobias-Klangfilm, producer.

Studios Éclair, producer.

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Music Archive.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

Theater, Yiddish.

Songs, Yiddish.

Vaudeville--United States.

Vaudeville.

United States.

Jewish way of life.

Jews.

Genre:

Feature films.

Yiddish films.

Compilation films.

Film excerpts.

Documentary films.

Short films.

Performances.

Musicals.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

monochrome

Other Title:

Second film also known under title: Shabos in Amsterdam

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009?]

Language Note:

(Monticello, here we come!) In Yiddish, with some Hebrew and English.

(Sabbath in Amsterdam) In Hebrew, with Dutch credits and introductory frames.

System Details:

VHS, NTSC; monaural.

analog

magnetic

mono

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

(Monticello, here we come!) A collection of music and sketches, gleaned from Yiddish cinema, stage and television, from the Catskills, Second Avenue and Hollywood, from 1931-1949.

(Sabbath in Amsterdam) A documentary film which shows the residents of the Jewish quarter in Amsterdam preparing to observe, and celebrating, the Sabbath.

Participant:

(Monticello, here we come!) Menashe Skulnick, Joseph Buloff, Leo Fuchs, Michel Rosenberg, Max Wilner, Michel Michalesko, Seymour Rechtzeitg, Yetta Zwerling, Esta Salzman, the Burton Sisters, cantor Leibele Waldman, Feivel Finkel.

(Monticello, here we come!) Host, Larry Daniels.

Credits:

(Monticello, here we come!) Editor, Joseph Seiden.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the feature motion picture produced in 1950, copyright 1949 (Monticello, here we come!) and the documentary short film (ca. 12 min.) [produced in the mid 1930s?] (Sabbath in Amsterdam).

"Jewish Talking Picture Co."--Closing frames (Monticello, here we come!).

"Licensed by the State of New York, C-5676."--Closing frames (Sabbath in Amsterdam).

Local Notes:

Opening title frames wanting from Monticello, here we come!.

Freedman Archive Collection. Tape V0141.

Contains:

Sabbath in Amsterdam