Monday, September 19, 2011

Resource lists for TILLI class, fall, 2011, Jewish Women and Humor, @ Temple Israel, Boston

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Molly Picon

Websites:


My Jewish Learning: Yiddish Films


Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

East and West (Video)
Directed by Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson

Fiddler on the Roof (DVD)
Directed and produced by Norman Jewison

Making Trouble: Three Generations of funny Jewish Women (DVD)
Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

So Laugh a Little
By Molly Picon as told to Eth Clifford Rosenberg          

Molly Picon: A Gift of Laughter
 By: Lila Perl

Summer in the City Lecture Series (DVD)
By Robert Brustein


Resources at the Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Mamele
Directed by Josephy Green

Molly!
By Molly Picon with Jean Bergantini Grillo

 


Resources at the Brookline Public Library

The Joy of Jewish Memories Songbook: Nostalgic Melodies in Contemporary Settings
Arranged by Sol Zim; foreward by Molly Picon


Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Fanny Brice

Websites:




Resources at Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center:

Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice
By: Barbara W. Grossman

Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks (audio)

Fanny Brice, vol. 3 (video)

Funny Girl (video and audio)

Making Trouble: Three Generations of funny Jewish Women (DVD)
Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

Summer in the City Lecture Series (DVD)
By Robert Brustein

Resources at Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting
By: J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler

The Fabulous Fanny: The Story of Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl
By: Herbert G. Goldman

 
Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary
Edited by: Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green, with Illene Kantrov and Harriette Wal

Resources at the Brookline Public Library:

 
The Great Ziegfeld (audio and DVD)
Director: Robert Z. Leonard

The Ziegfeld Follies
By: Ann Ommen van der Merwe

Ziegfeld Follies (DVD)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli



 
Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Gertrude Berg

Websites:



Resources Available at Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center:

Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting
By: J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler

The World of Sholom Aleichem Videocassette


Resources Available at the Boston Public Library and Brookline Public Library:

Notable American Women: The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary
Edited by: Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green, with Illene Kantrov and Harriette Walker

“Something On My Own”: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting
By: Glenn D. Smith, Jr.

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (DVD)
Directed by Aviva Kempner

Resources Available at the Brookline Public Library:

The Goldbergs
By: Gertrude Berg and Michael Morris

The Jews of Primetime
By: David Zurawik

Molly and Me
By: Gertrude Berg with Cherney Berg


 




Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Sophie Tucker

Websites:





Resources Available at Dr. Arnold Segel Library Center:

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Directed and produced by Rachel Talbot

 
Sophie and Me: Some of These Days
By: Lois Young-Tulin

Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business
By; Armond Fields

Vintage Show Biz Greats: Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis (audio)


Resources Available at the Brookline Public Library:

Origins of the Red Hot Mama (sound recording)

Shout, Sister, Shout! Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped a Century
By: Roxane Orgill

 
Some of These Days; the Autobiography of Sophie Tucker
By: Sophie Tucker


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Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Belle Barth

Websites

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Judy Holliday

Websites


Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Bea Arthur

Websites


NY Times Article:  Bea Arthur, Star of Two TV Comedies, Dies at 86By Bruce Weber April 25, 2009



Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Betty Walker

Websites


Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

You don't have to be Jewish ; When you're in love the whole world is Jewish (CD)
Created, written, and produced by Bob Booker and George Foster
CD PN6231 .J5Y6



Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel, Boston
Pathfinder: Elaine May

Websites



Resources @ Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center

The Heartbreak kid  (VHS)
Directed by Elaine May
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