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Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job as a bellhop at Kutsher's Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskill Mountains. This unexplored and pivotal chapter in the life of one of basketball's greatest players offers a vivid glimpse of a time when a very different era of basketball met the Borscht Belt in its heyday.

Director(s)

Caroline Laskow

Ian Rosenberg

Cast & Crew

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Self (archive footage)

Caroline Laskow

Caroline Laskow

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Ian Rosenberg

Ian Rosenberg

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Details

GenresDocumentary, History
Runtime9 mins
Released on19 Apr 2013
Languageen
Age RatingNR
Produced InUnited States of America