Molly Picon Gets Matchmaker Role By HERBERT G. LUFT (Copyright 1970, JTA. Inc.) LONDON - Molly Picon, at 72, has been signed by Norman Jewi- son for the co-starring role of Yente, the matchmaker, in the Mirisch-Cartier production for United Artists of "Fiddler on the Roof," now in rehearsal at the Pinewood S t u- dios, Iver Heath, and pre-record- ing the score and songs at Anvil music stage, in Denham. The film ver- Miss Picon sion of the international musical hit, one of the most successful in Broadway history since opening at the Imperial Theatre on Sept. 22, 1964, and now on the stages of 17 countries, goes before the cam- eras in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in Au- gust for four months of exterior photography. The crew returns to the British Rank-Pinewood Studios in December for two months of interiors, basically for the spec- tacular dance sequences. In the much-coveted part of Yente, Molly Picon will be en- joying her widest and most pres- tigious audience exposure in the six decades of her professional career. The grand old lady of the Yiddish stage, through the cial interviews for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency arranged by this columnist at the Pinewood Studios. • • * Josef Shaftel, the British movie producer, returned from a visit to Israel, where he met officials of the government Film Center for discussions on his upcoming pro- duction of "Masada," to go be- fore the cameras in the Holy Land in January of 1971. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer is based on the chronicle of the Zealots who defied Rome in the first century A.D. and who, during the siege of Masada, chose death instead of submission to a barbaric empire. Meetings with the heads of the Israeli film department were held in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Shaftel party also visited the site of the rebellion at Masada, the ancient fortress which still stands on a mountain facing the Dead Sea. Plans are to film the entire production of "Masada" in Israel. Robert Chartoff and Irwin Wink- ler, the team responsible for three highly controversial and most suc- cessful moves made in the States and in England - "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" "The Straw- berry Statement" and "Leo the Last," - are preparing for the production of "California Genera- tion," based on the first novel by Jacqueline Briskin published ear- lier this month by Lippincott. The story concerns the hangups, morals, fears and ideals of a group of California High School gradu- Virward 2 bile MS, 15 ML ates during the past decade. Pro- BLOOMFIELD duction is expected to get under Gee. C. Scott as way late this year for Columbia "PATTOW' (GP) release. with Karl Maiden • • • MATINEE WEDNESDAY 2 p.m. MON. thru THURS. EVES. 8 p.m. only Arthur Garfunkel, seen as Cap- FRI. EVES. 8:30 p.m. only tain Nately, a sensitive rich young SAT. 2:00, 6:10, 10:00. SUN. 12:30, 4:30, 3:30. man of New England stock, in the W. Warren at Miller Road motion picture version of Joseph CAMELOT 5.1.5040 Direct from exclusive 1st run engage- Heller's antiwar novel "Catch-22," ment, continuous performances. in reality is just the opposite from "PAINT YOUR WAGON" the character he depicts on the WED. SAT. SUN. 12:20 2:50, 5:30, II:00, screen - namely, one-half of Si- 10.15, FRI. 6:00, 1:15, 10:30, Thurs. Mon. mon and Garfunkel, perhaps the Tues. 7:00, 9:30. hottest team in popular music to- Plymouth Rd. day. They created the music used MAI KAI at Farmington Rd. GA 7-0430 A KE 4-6400 in Mike Nichols' "The Graduate," Direct from exclusive 1st. run engage- including the hit number, "Mrs. ment, continuous performance. Robinson." It is for director "PAINT YOUR WAGON" Nichols that Garfunkel now makes WED. SAT. & SUN. 12:20, 2:50, 5:30, MOO, 10:15, FRI. 6:00, 8:15, 10:30. THUR. MON. his screen debut in an unlikely TOES, 7:00, 9:30. characterization. • • • MAIN, ROYAL OAVA' 1 814111110Mile Moshe Mizrahi is the director of The continuation of "HAWAII" Charlton Heston in the Israeli motion picture "The "THE HAWAIIANS" Strange Visitor," which German Plus actor Hans Christian Blech por- "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF" trays a former Gestapo officer who smuggles himself into the lar Ril jn eg r REDFORD KE 7. 2560-Fr a e n Negev after the war and marries Held Over 2nd Big Week the owner of a small Eilat inn. Exclusive area 1st run Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis "The Strange Visitor" will be shown at the forthcoming Berlin "THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS" Wk. Nights 7:30, 9:30. FRI. 6:15, 8:05, International Film Festival as a 10:00. SAT. 12:35, 2:30, 4:20, 6:15, 3:10, contribution to crime-fighting by 10:05, Sun. 1:45, 3:35, 5:30, 7:25, 9:20. the Israeli film maker. Your JTA 313 W. Fourth, R. 0. correspondent, now temporarily in ROYAL OAK LI 1-2812 Charlie Brown and the 'Peanuts' Gang England, is flying to Berlin for in coverage of films from many "A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN" lands next week. Fri. 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00. Sat. wide appeal of "Fiddler on the Roof," is bound to reach more people on the screen, tens of millions of them, than she did in all her years on Manhattan's Second Avenue. Making her debut as a child actress in 1910, Molly Picon bow- ed on Broadway in 1940 in "Morn- ing Star." She subsequently scored as a headliner at New York's principal showcases for vaude- ville, the Palace and the Capital. Molly's big breakthrough as a Broadway star came with the Is- rael-based 1961 hit musical "Milk and Honey," for which she re- ceived a Tony Award nomination. With Frank Sinatra (as her son) she co-starred in the 1963 filmiza- tion of the Neil Simon comedy, "Come Blow Your Horn" at Para- mount, to be followed by a se- ries of television shows, both live and recorded. Miss Picon, whose energy and youthful appearance belie her years, comes to London now after having concluded a widely- acclaimed Broadway performance in "Paris Is Out!" Prior to that was her assignment in the recent revival of "The Front Page," in which she played the role vacated by Helen Hayes. Haim Topol, the Israeli actor who stars as Tevye, and Norma Crane, who will enact the role of Golde, will be the subjects of spe- MOVIE GUIDE DOW ,ParTOW FOX 2211 Woodward-WO 1-9494 Held Over 3rd and Final Week Both in color . . . "COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE" the most terrifying experience of your life Plus "THE DUNWICH HORROR" total terror EVERY WED. 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A spokes- man said that the program was developed to give "new insights into Jewish identity and the future of the American Jewish community from a radically Jewish perspec- tive." Classes will be held on weekday evenings. Distrust all men in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. -Friedrich Nietzsche THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 10, 1970-39 Gutmann-Edited Book Defines Jewish Customs, Ceremonial Art as 'Beauty in Holiness' striving of the Jews at all times Dr. Joseph Gutmann, professor to fulfill their obligation to God of art history at Wayne State in the 'beauty of holiness.' " University, adds a most valuable collection of essays, including a This can be. said to be in the number of his own studies, to the main the spirit of the collected library on art with special empha- works that combine to make the sis on the Jewish historical con- Guttman-edited volume impressive as an interpretation of the spiritual values in Judaism. In his own ini- tial essay on the aspects of the Second Commandment and the in- terpretation of the proscription on "graven images," Dr. Guttman takes the view that "a rigidly and uniformly anti-iconic attitude on the part of the- Jews remains as much a myth as the Procrustean bed on which Jewish art history has so often been made to lie." His development of this theme is of unusual interest because it is so often debated. In another essay, Dr. Gutmann questions the traditionality of some of the established traditons, such as the form of the Menora and the display of the Eternal Light and the Decalogue. The custom of head covering is defined and its social propriety and decorum are re- viewed to indicate that there is no established compulsion for it. Other laws, practices and customs enter into the outlines in the course of PROF. JOSEPH GUTMANN reviewing art and ceremonials, in nections, with his "Beauty in the essays of the eminent authori- Holiness-Studies in Jewish Cus- ties. Rituals and creativity assume in- toms and Ceremonial Art," pub- teresting roles in the analyses in lished by Ktay. this valuable book. Dr. Gutmann Noted authorities are represent- has added to the interest that is ed in the numerous articles in- growing in art with his impressive corporated in this work - Franz work. -P.S. Landsberger, Mark Wischnitzer, Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Sol Baruch Finesinger, Solomon B. Freehof, Alfred Werner, Samuel Krauss, By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX Moses Kremer. (Copyright 1970, JTA, Inc-) The author-editor is represent- Why is It a custom to pour out ed in four essays in the several the water contained in the vessels sections in his books titled Art- Artisans, Torah Decorations, in the house in which a person Sabbath, Hanuka, Wedding, Cus- died? It is claimed by some (Kol Bo) toms and Ceremonies. Dr. Gut- mann's essays are on the sub- that this was a means in olden jects "The Second Command- times of announcing to the neigh- ment and the Image in Juda- borhood that a person had died in ism," "King James Bible," such a home. It was considered "Wedding Customs and Cere- undersirable to spread such bad monies in Art" and "How Tra- news by word of mouth and so a ditional Are Our Traditions?" symbol such as this was used in- His introductory essay illumines stead. The reason for choosing this par- the subjects under consideration and serves as a guide to the ticular kind of symbol is traced by reading and study of the contents some to the contention of the rab- of this work which is extensively bis that the well of water which accompanied the Israelites in the illustrated. A human interest note in Prof. course of their wandering through Gutmann's introduction shows that the wilderness, kept pace with a German Catholic, Heinrich Frau- them because of the virtue of berger, pioneered in the study of Moses' sister, Miriam. When she Jewish ceremonial art. When an died, this water ceased to flow. architect sought his advice about Some have contended that the life a design for a grilled enclosure for of an individual is like a fresh a Jewish grave, in 1895, Frau- vibrant source of water which berger could not find resource ceases to flow when death occurs. people to guide him and it led to There are some who contend that his commencing to collect Jewish water which has been left exposed ceremonial objects and the estab- in a vessel in the house where a lishment, in 1897, in Frankfurt am person died, bears with it a sense Main, of the first society to conduct of impurity brought about by death and thus has to be spilled out. studies in this field. • • • The title of Dr. Gutmann'i col- Why is it forbidden to leave a lected essays is defined in his in- patient alone when one is aware troduction in which he points out: "The Jewish participation in this patient is dying? Generally speaking, this comes the arts, the ceremonial art and the customs associated with them. under the heading of giving respect testify to the rich and vibrant and honor to one's fellow man diversity of Judaism. Not only along with showing concern for did the forms and meanings of him. The more helpless one's fe:- the objects and their ceremonies low man is, because of poverty or change from country to country sickness, the more Jewish tradition and from century to century, insists that his needs be taken care but the customs and the objects of and that he be considered a re- themselves differ widely. Rather sponsibility of others. Thus, a pa- than diminishing Judaism, these tient who is about to die is ex- customs and their expression in tremely helpless and deserves the art reveal the dynamic flexibil- concern and care of his fellow ity and adaptability of Judaism, humans constantly. Others write which constantly introduced new that the soul of a person feels deso- ceremonies and objects to meet late and alone at the time of death. specific needs growing out of the The company of others at that par- dominant cultural environment. ticular time is said to relieve the Yet for all their diversity, the loneliness of his soul as it leaves Weekly Quiz customs and their art objects its life-long homestead-the human testify to an essential unity-the body.