Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg / International Film Circuit ; the Ciesla Foundation presents ; written, produced, and directed by Aviva Kempner.

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg / International Film Circuit ; the Ciesla Foundation presents ; written, produced, and directed by Aviva Kempner.

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Before Oprah and Lucy, there was the beloved Gertrude Berg, the entertainment genius who wrote, starred in and produced the first successful domestic television sitcom and who charmed a beleaguered nation. Animated through a collage of vintage clips and interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and inti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karns, Fred (Composer)
Contributors: Kempner, Aviva (Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Corporate Contributors: International Film Circuit (Firm), Ciesla Foundation., Docurama (Firm), New Video Group.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video, [2010]
Subjects:
Berg, Gertrude, > 1899-1966.
Rise of the Goldbergs (Radio program)
Goldbergs (Television program)
Radio producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Television producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Television actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Jewish actors > United States > Biography.
Genre/Form:Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Local Note:Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.
Description
Summary:Before Oprah and Lucy, there was the beloved Gertrude Berg, the entertainment genius who wrote, starred in and produced the first successful domestic television sitcom and who charmed a beleaguered nation. Animated through a collage of vintage clips and interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and intimate conversations with friends, colleagues and family members, the film traces Berg's rise to stardom from her childhood in New York to her early radio days in The rise of the Goldbergs (1929-36) and The Goldbergs (1936-46) to her enormously influential sitcom, The Goldbergs (1949-56), which brought Berg the first Best Actress Emmy in history.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: disc 1. audio commentary with the director; trailer -- disc 2. episodes of The Goldbergs; Gertrude Berg's guest appearances with Edward R. Murrow and on Ed Sullivan; additional scenes and interviews; bonus Gertrude Berg recipe ; filmmaker bio-- Insert. essay from the director.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo.
Production Credits:Animator, Carol Hilliard ; photo animation, Ralph Quattrucci ; director of photography, Tom Kaufman ... [et al.] ; editor, Judith E. Herbert ; composer, Fred Karns.
ISBN:1422986292
9781422986295
Participant or Performer:Gertrude Berg, Lewis Berg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sara Chase, Gary David Goldberg, Susan Stamberg, Madeline Gilford. Anne Schwartz, Glenn D. Smith, Ed Asner, Norman Lear
Language:Closed-captioned.

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