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The start of something wonderful
- Title
- The start of something wonderful [videorecording] / UJA-Federation Joint Campaign presents ; a production of Kuney Tele-Productions ; produced and directed by Jack Kuney; written by Robert I. Smith, Paul Kresh and Jack Kuney ; executive producers for UJA-Federation, Robert I. Smith, Paul Kresh ; video production by Gleason Communications for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Louise Edmonson, Steve Cohen.
- Publication
- New York, 1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | By appointment only | NCOX 5005 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Papp, Joseph
- Bellina, Nina
- Kuney, Jack, 1919-2007
- Smith, Robert I, producer.
- Kresh, Paul
- Levinsky, Walter
- Edmonson, Louise
- Cohen, Jason Steven
- United Jewish Appeal--Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, producer.
- Gleason Communications, videographer.
- Kuney Tele-Productions, producer.
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
- WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) sd., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A fund raising infomercial for the UJA-Federation hosted by producer/director Joseph Papp. Discussion includes the history of the Public Theater building, the former home of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); the origins of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies; the Jewish immigrant experience; Jewish immigrant entertainers; Papp's experience growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as a child of immigrant parents; his views on Israel; the Camp David Agreements; the UJA's human service efforts in Israel, the United States and various other countries; the distribution of UJA funds; and the activities of the organization the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA).
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
- Series Statement
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Subjects
- New York Association for New Americans
- Bellina, Nina
- United Jewish Appeal--Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
- Infomercial
- Jewish refugees > United States
- Camp David Agreements (1978)
- Television
- Jews > United States > Charities
- HIAS (Agency)
- United States > Emigration and immigration
- Papp, Joseph > Interviews
- Europe, Eastern > Emigration and immigration
- Papp, Joseph > Political and social views
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Israel > Emigration and immigration
- Papp, Joseph > Childhood and youth
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Infomercial.
- Note
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Credits on tape.
- Entire program taped off air. Program begins at 5:15. Includes breaks for telephone hotline information.
- Includes photographic montages of Jewish immigrant neighborhoods; footage of Jewish New Yorkers visiting Ellis Island; excerpt from talk by Yiddish actress, Molly Picon; montage of photos and footage from the stage musical A chorus line; footage of Papp singing songs in Yiddish; footage of well-known Jewish entertainers, including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Al Jolson, anti-Semitic propaganda in Europe and immigrants arriving in Israel following World War II; footage of President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin and Egyptian President Anwaar Sadat and the Camp David Agreements; montage of photos of successful Jewish immigrants, including Henrietta Szold, Maurice Schwartz, Felix M. Warburg, Lillian Hellman, Ralph Pulitzer, Bernard F. Gimbel, Jascha Heifetz, Sandy Koufax August Belmont, Adolph S. Ochs, Bernard Baruch, Jonas Salk, Albert Einstein, Governor Herbert Lehman, Florenz Ziegfeld; footage of Jewish immigrants arriving in the United States; and brief footage of Bette Midler, Ben Vereen, Mel Torme, Barry Manilow, Andrea McArdle, Zero Mostel, Theodore Bikel, Roberta Peters, Herschel Bernardi, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, The Barry Sisters, Alan King and Marvin Hamlisch performing at a fund raising event.
- Performer (note)
- Hosted by Joseph Papp ; musical director, Walt Levinsky.
- Event (note)
- First broadcast on WPIX-TV, Channel 11, on June 10, 1979 at 9:00 p.m.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5005
- OCLC
- NYPT04-F123
- Title
- The start of something wonderful [videorecording] / UJA-Federation Joint Campaign presents ; a production of Kuney Tele-Productions ; produced and directed by Jack Kuney; written by Robert I. Smith, Paul Kresh and Jack Kuney ; executive producers for UJA-Federation, Robert I. Smith, Paul Kresh ; video production by Gleason Communications for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Louise Edmonson, Steve Cohen.
- Imprint
- New York, 1979.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- System Details
- DVD.
- Event
- First broadcast on WPIX-TV, Channel 11, on June 10, 1979 at 9:00 p.m.
- Performer
- Hosted by Joseph Papp ; musical director, Walt Levinsky.
- Local Note
- Outtakes available at ReCAP. See summary list of items in Sierra.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, host.Papp, Joseph, performer.Bellina, Nina, interviewee.Bellina, Nina, performer.Kuney, Jack, 1919-2007, television producer.Kuney, Jack, 1919-2007, television director.Smith, Robert I, producer.Kresh, Paul, author.Levinsky, Walter, composer.Edmonson, Louise, producer.Cohen, Jason Steven, producer.United Jewish Appeal--Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, producer.Gleason Communications, videographer.Kuney Tele-Productions, producer.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5005