Hungarian Heritage Review, 1991 (20. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)

1991-09-01 / 9. szám

still in his early teens. After working for awhile in a leather factory, he got a job as a busboy at the old Paramount Studio in Astoria (Queens), New York. From this lowly job, he moved up to waiter, actor, assistant director, and, by 1928, had become an assistant pro­ducer in Europe for Universal Studios. After a 40-year career in the motion picture indus­try, he was forced to retire during the I960's because of illness. Joe Pasternak is one among the many Hungarians who left their "trade mark" upon the American motion picture industry and will always be remembered and honored for their contributions to its establish­ment, development, and growth. ********** Brick, New Jersey - Under the sponsor­ship of the Brick Township Community Adult School and direction of Géza Piszéi of Point Pleasant, the composer and conductor who was once profiled in the "Hungarian Heritage Review", a musical group called the "Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra" has been orga­nized and is already rehearsing to meet a busy schedule of local concerts. Géza Piszéi is well­­known as the "Maestro of Many Talents" was bom in New Y ork City, where he attended the world famous Julliard School of Music and the prestigious Greenwich School of Music. He also studied under the personal tutelages of Dr. Emil Kahl, the director of the Stuttgart Opera, and Dr. Eugene Zador, the Professor of Music at the Vienna Conservatory of Music and Chief Orchestrator at MGM Studios in Hollywood. It was as an assistant to Dr. Zador that Piszéi helped to create orchestrations for such major film productions as "Ben Hur" and"ElCid". During World War II, he served with great distinction in the U.S. Air Force as the Conductor of the Persian Gulf Command Band and as Assistant Concertmaster of the Persian Gulf Command Symphony Orches­tra. It was during this assignment that he composed his most famous composition "Per­sian Fantasy", which was performed by many major symphony orchestras to enthusiastic audiences and critical acclaim. Ligonier, Penn­sylvania - The Bethlen Home of the Hungar­ian Reformed Federation of America is par­ticipating again in the 1991 Presents for Pa­tients Christmas Campaign, and urges the general public, as well as family and friends of patients, to donate to this worthy cause. For its objective is to help brighten the lives of the many lonely patients in long-term, care facili­ties in Western Pennsylvania who are usually forgotten during the Holiday Season. Co­sponsored by the St. Barnabas Charitable Foun­dation and WPXI-TV, this kind of campaign last year resulted in the collection and distri­bution of more than 10,000 gift packages. According to Sherry Humbertson, the Activ­ity Director of the Bethlen Home, "many of our residents have outlived family and friends. Christmas is a lonely time for any resident in a long-term, care facility. They long for com­panionship and feel very special when they are remembered." Formoreinformationabout the 1991 Presents for Patients Christmas Cam­paign, contact: Sherry Humbertson, Bethlen Home, Box 657, Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658 (Tel: 412-238-6711; 412-238-2235, or hotline 412-443-0011.) New York, N.Y. - According to a recent announcement by the U.S. De­partment of State, 40,000 Green Cards for immigrants will be issued on a first­­come, first- served basis as of 12:01 A.M., October 14th, 1991, and that the Immi­gration Law Firm of Brown, Elfman, & Torres has been retained to help appli­cants with answers to all questions about this "Green Card Giveaway". Even though time may be short to meet the deadline, nevertheless Hungarian im­migrants hoping to qualify for a Green Card should contact without further delay: Brown, Elfman & Torres, 15 Park Row, Suite 810, New York, N.Y. 10038 (Tel: 212-766-5300).-continued next page SEPTEMBER 1991 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 7

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