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Catskills rediscovered excerpts

Title
Catskills rediscovered [videorecording] : excerpts / [written] by Zinn Arthur.
Publication
1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Arthur, Zinn.
  • Grey, Joel, 1932-
Found In
Joel Grey papers.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Interviews with well-known Jewish actors and actresses, many of whom could not get on Broadway, and started or developed their careers as comedians on Catskills (Upstate New York) resorts stages in the 1940's-1960's. Includes interviews with such comedians as Joel Grey, Alan King, Jan Murray, Murray Waxman, Buddy Hackett and others. Joel Grey speaks about his early career as a child and teenage actor who also started performing in Catskills resorts together with his father Mickey Katz, an actor, comedian, and musician. Grey shares his memories about his father and his family, plays various sketches, and sings English-Yiddish parodies ("Borscht capades") that his father wrote and performed together with him in the 1940's. Also includes documentary on Catskills resorts that were popular vacation spots for New York City Jews from the 1920's up to the 1970's, and scenic views of the Catskill Mountains.
Alternative Title
Joel Grey sound and video recordings.
Subject
  • Grey, Joel, 1932- > Interviews
  • Actors > United States > Interviews
  • Jewish wit and humor > History and criticism
  • Jews > Humor > History and criticism
  • Jewish comedians > Interviews
  • Jews > New York (State) > Catskill Mountains > History
  • Summer resorts > New York (State) > Catskill Mountains > History
  • Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) > Description and travel
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Documentary television programs.
Access (note)
  • Viewing status: Open.
Event (note)
  • Recorded for the "Catskills rediscovered" documentary program, 1996.
Source (note)
  • Joel Grey;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: The Joel Grey sound and video recordings.
Call Number
*LDV 1774
OCLC
812848261
Title
Catskills rediscovered [videorecording] : excerpts / [written] by Zinn Arthur.
Imprint
1996.
Event
Recorded for the "Catskills rediscovered" documentary program, 1996.
Access
Viewing status: Open.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: The Joel Grey sound and video recordings.
Source
Gift; Joel Grey; 2001. NN-PD
Added Author
Arthur, Zinn. Author
Grey, Joel, 1932- performer.
Grey, Joel, 1932- interviewee.
Grey, Joel, 1932- Donor
Added Title
Joel Grey sound and video recordings.
Found In:
Joel Grey papers.
Research Call Number
*LDV 1774
*LVH 2634
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