Fiddler on the Roof 1971  G, 180 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Musical
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Molly Picon, Leonard Frey, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Paul Michael Glaser, Zvee Scooler, Ray Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Louis Zorich, Shimen Ruskin
Jewish milkman Tevye (Topol) and his wife Golde (Norma Crane) find their world in Russia changing in 1905. Not only is Russia modernizing, but their daughters Hodel (Michele Marsh), Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris), and Chava (Neva Small) are also going against tradition and choosing their own husbands. Tzeitel is in love with poor tailor Motel Kamzoil (Leonard Frey), but Tevye has arranged for her to marry wealthy Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann). Meanwhile, Chava wants to marry Fyedka (Ray Lovelock) who is a not Jewish. While Tevye disapproves of their choices and has tried to arrange more "proper" marriages, he is forced finally to change his way of thinking when the anti-Semitic Czar forces his family and their Jewish neighbors out of their village. The film won three Academy Awards (Best Cinematography, Music, and Sound) and was nominated for five others–including Best Picture, Actor (Topol), Director, and Supporting Actor (Frey).
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Mrs. Santa Claus 1996  G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Terry Hughes
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Charles Durning, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson, Bryan Murray, David Norona, Debra Wiseman, Rosalind Harris, Grace Keagy, Chachi Pittman, Linda Kerns
This delightful, made-for-TV, family musical is set in the early 1900s as Santa (Charles Durning) is so busy in preparation for Christmas that he has no time for Mrs. Santa (Angela Lansbury). So Mrs. Santa takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a ride. But bad weather and an injured reindeer force her to make a stop in NYC. Her adventures are many as she sings and dances and saves the day for many before returning home just in time for Christmas.
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| 1. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
2. Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
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