The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years

The Personals

Directed by	Keiko Ibi [ja]
Produced by	Keiko Ibi
Cinematography	Greg Pak
Edited by	Keiko Ibi Milton Moses Ginsberg
Distributed by	Fanlight Productions
Release date	1998 (1998)
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Personals (also known as The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years) is a 1998 American short documentary film directed by Keiko Ibi [ja] about a Jewish senior citizens' theatre group in New York City. In 1999, it won an Oscar at the 71st Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject.^[1]

Cast

Gloria Bobrofsky as Performer
Abram Calderon as Performer
Deborah Ehrlich as Performer
Seth Glassman as Performer
Harold Gordon as Performer
Harold Krinsky as Performer
Ruth Krinsky as Performer
Moe Kronberg as Performer
Fred Schechter as Performer
Rose Straub as Performer
Shirley Tavel as Performer
Selma Wernick as Performer

References

^ "The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

External links

The Personals at Fanlight Productions
The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years at Icarus Films, parent of Fanlight Productions
The Personals at IMDb

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