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Nightline. June 3, 2005, Boris & Bessie / ABC News.
Van Pelt - Freedman Jewish Sound Archives DVD V0217
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- Format:
- Archive
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Thomashefsky, Bores, 1866-1939.
- Thomashefsky, Bores.
- Thomashevski, Besi, 1873-1962.
- Thomashevski, Besi.
- Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- Thomashefskys.
- Tilson Thomas, Michael.
- Theater, Yiddish--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Theater, Yiddish.
- New York (State)--New York.
- History.
- Theater, Yiddish--United States.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographical television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color with black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- Boris & Bessie
- Boris and Bessie
- Title on disc surface: Thomashefskys
- Nightline (Television program)
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, PA?] : [publisher not identified], [2005?]
- Language Note:
- Chiefly in English; some archival material in Yiddish.
- System Details:
- DVD-R; playable on most computer media systems; will not play on set-top DVD players.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Noted conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas has put together a dynamic multi-media presentation on the careers of his grandparents, giants of the American Yiddish theater, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky. Host Jeffrey Kofman talks with Tilson-Thomas and others on the lasting effect of Yiddish theater on American culture down to the present time.
- Participant:
- Interviewees, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Fyvush Finkel.
- Introduction, Chris Bury; host, Jeffrey Kofman.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of one episode of a daily television news program.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- Local Notes:
- Freedman Archive Collection. Disc V0217.
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