An exhaustive reference volume to the thousands of songs, songwriters and performers in 1,460 American and British films (musical and nonmusical) since the advent of the talkie in 1928. Listed alphabetically by film title, each entry provides full production information on the movie, including the country of origin, year of release, running time, director, musical director, musical score, studio, producer, orchestra or bands featured, music backup, vocalist, (dubber who sang on the soundtrack), and performers. Each song title in the main entry is followed by the name of the performer, lyricist, composer, and, when appropriate, arranger.

'He had not been in this part of the attic before. Probably no one had for many years. Next to him was a battered cabin trunk, the kind which was used on the old Union Castle Shipping Lines. The box had a lock of it but in manoeuvring it a little he found it suddenly releasing itself in his hand. He gasped as he saw some of the contents of the trunk. What were these things? Where did they come from? He picked up a tiny book which was encased in a silver cover and opened it curiously. This was not German or French; in fact the letters were not the same, not like any letters he had seen. He picked up a small silver cup with a silver saucer to match. It, too, had there strange letters around it.' Hans Frederich learns about his ancestry and has to make a decision. Jenny Reynolds, a convert, while on the March of the Living, learns dark secrets about hers. This book is both deeply moving and exciting as these young people, both lecturers in history, grapple with sinister things which keep arising from the past.

"This case needs a couple of private detectives and their fees are exorbitant. They would have to go beyond American borders into highly dangerous situations." "Why can't we go, ourselves" asked Petra? "Yes," said John "I can go with a heroic flash instead of lying there till they stopped all the machines...".. "OK," said Paul, as he saw both sets of eyes gleam with excitement. "You are dying and yet you are still a couple of kids," he whispered. "If I was dying, I don't know how I would be." Two young people, both diagnosed with terminal cancer, meet in the Oncology Treatment Center waiting room and decide to marry. They become involved in investigating a brutal murder where the young woman's brother is the suspect and is in prison. They travel across the globe, going into dangerous situations and unearthing a ghastly destructive plot. It is an exciting, tension filled and deeply moving story which unfolds into an unexpected conclusion. We meet Zeek, a prison cat who always appears when needed. "He is here because he wants to be here not because he has been caught peddling catnip." We go to a small picturesque English Hotel where one can hear chanting far below. We meet the leader of a sinister religious group whose powerful and dynamic personality and unusual knowledge of drugs binds his followers to him in complete devotion and hero worship We meet the mysterious Mr.Ho who seems to be in charge of a secret powerful society, working mainly for good. We go to the Slave Castles of Ghana and find Petra's family connections. We go to a human ritual slaughterhouse and a midnight chase through the streets of London. We see the mysterious red-gold medallion with a sign neither human nor animal .

The Zanger children are on holiday in the small coastal town of Shipston. Shortly after their arrival there is a massive storm. The next morning they find a bottle with a note inside it in a rock pool on the beach. This leads them into an exciting and breath taking adventure where they explore some mysterious islands and rescue a kidnapped prince. This story appeared in serial form over many editions of Concord Magazine, England

A few numbers keyed into a computer by trembling hands - and a man's career, his reputation, and his very life are in peril, in a high-stakes game of computer fraud. The prime suspect? Michael Berman, a ba'al teshuvah still grappling with his own questions of where he belongs in the Jewish world. Someone has broken into a bank's computer network and made off with huge sums of money. All eyes turn accusingly towards Michael, the last employee to have worked on the account. As Michael tries to clear his name, he finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue and danger. So many questions: Whose hand is it, that leaves such tiny traces in the digital world of cyberspace? How can Michael prove that his tampering with the bank's figures was completely innocent? And, most difficult question of all, how can Michael restore the contentment and satisfaction that he'd felt when he'd first become an observant Jew? To find the answers, Michael and his aging grandfather, an unlikely ally in this high-tech chase, pursue a dangerous course that will lead them from the depths of the earth to South Africa's highest mountains - and onto a journey of self-discovery that will help them reveal their own selves, even as they uncover the hidden enemy. The Selby Printout, is a thrilling and thought-provoking novel: Published by Targum Press in 1998, it was the Jewish world's first techno-thriller.

Yesterday's Child is the gripping and unusual tale of a courageous young man who, as a young boy, suffers the tragic loss of his mother. He then goes to live with his father and step mother in Cape Town. When he reaches adulthood his seemingly brilliant and joyful future is suddenly shattered by startling revelations about his past. He embarks on a voyage into the past, a voyage whose outcome will determine the very essence of his present and his future. First published by CIS in 1992 and then reprinted in 2002, Yesterday's child became a best seller in the Jewish world. It is now being republished by the author.

A few numbers keyed into a computer by trembling hands - and a man's career, his reputation, and his very life are in peril, in a high-stakes game of computer fraud. The prime suspect? Michael Berman, a ba'al teshuvah still grappling with his own questions of where he belongs in the Jewish world. Someone has broken into a bank's computer network and made off with huge sums of money. All eyes turn accusingly towards Michael, the last employee to have worked on the account. As Michael tries to clear his name, he finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue and danger. So many questions: Whose hand is it, that leaves such tiny traces in the digital world of cyberspace? How can Michael prove that his tampering with the bank's figures was completely innocent? And, most difficult question of all, how can Michael restore the contentment and satisfaction that he'd felt when he'd first become an observant Jew? To find the answers, Michael and his aging grandfather, an unlikely ally in this high-tech chase, pursue a dangerous course that will lead them from the depths of the earth to South Africa's highest mountains - and onto a journey of self-discovery that will help them reveal their own selves, even as they uncover the hidden enemy. The Selby Printout, is a thrilling and thought-provoking novel: Published by Targum Press in 1998, it was the Jewish world's first techno-thriller.

Yesterday's Child is the gripping and unusual tale of a courageous young man who, as a young boy, suffers the tragic loss of his mother. He then goes to live with his father and step mother in Cape Town. When he reaches adulthood his seemingly brilliant and joyful future is suddenly shattered by startling revelations about his past. He embarks on a voyage into the past, a voyage whose outcome will determine the very essence of his present and his future. First published by CIS in 1992 and then reprinted in 2002, Yesterday's child became a best seller in the Jewish world. It is now being republished by the author.

"I challenge you to a game Or, rather, I am inviting you, the reader, to play a game with me, the psychologist, a game of Snakes and Ladders. Now I know you feel you grew out' of that game years ago, You might want to read no further, saying that you don't feel like playing childish games. "First of all, let me tell you that we are going to play the game in a completely new way. We will even change the board somewhat. Secondly, to start to turn our snakes into ladders, we need to look again at some of our childish games'. You might change, in a positive way, at least some of the things in your life; whatever you truly want to change." "This is a valuable and practical self-help resource that should assist people with a range of difficulties in a humorous yet insightful manner." ( Dr. Michael Berk. Associate Professor . Dept. of Psychiatry. University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg. S.A.) Re Edited by the Author, Dr. Ruth Benjamin PhD

They were the wonder couple: Sara, a gifted artist and musician, and her fiance, Lionel, a professional violinist with an endearing smile and a thoughtful personality. The fact that Sara was a South African Jew, and Lionel a gentile of German extraction, meant little to either of them. But a chance encounter with a Holocaust survivor and a harrowing trip to Germany to meet Lionel' family leaves Sara changed forever. And so begins a dramatic, action packed story which takes the reader on a breathtaking adventure through three continents, through secrets of the past and hopes for the future. Originally published in 2000 by Targum Press, this Jewish novel has become out of print. It is now republished by the author.

"WE don't have any mercy," announced the muffled voice on the phone. "We did not have mercy on your wife and we won't have mercy on your parents in law and on your daughter, and even on you, Andrew Sneddon" "My...my...wife?" stammered Andrew. He had just finished eating with Andy, his daughter, and the two were watching a video, a Walt Disney fantasia which had the child totally engrossed. He felt his hand becoming wet and sticky on the phone. "my..my wife.." he repeated. "Your late wife" the voice whispered. There was a click as the phone went dead. We are then taken to a hospital, into the thinking process of this young woman who has had a near fatal accident. We enter a clinical death experience into a misty tunnel with a bright light at the end of it. A child's voice calls her back, "Mummy Mummy?" Believing that if she does live she will be a 'vegetable'. Her husband divorces her and takes Andy, their daughter to an unknown destination. Attempts continue to be made on her life. However she recovers completely and the story which unfolds is chilling, powerful and deeply moving. At one stage of the book we become involved in the journeys of three penguins who are leading thousands of others for hundreds of miles along the South African coast in a miraculous trip back to their home islands. There is warmth, romance, hope, terror, tears and laughter as the book draws to a breathtaking conclusion .

"You can't keep me here forever," came a weak voice that seemed to come from far below the ground. Esty felt herself go cold. Was she imagining things? Where had the voice come from? She put her ear to the ground, trying to hear something more, but there was only the far distant sound of the highway traffic and the song of the birds above her. The Greenberg and Golding children find themselves in the centre of an action packed mystery. A Jewish Childrens Novel which could keep the interest of all ages.

Life for the Wilson family living in a small English town was picture perfect. But when her young son receives a toy train as a gift, Dorothy reacts with strange agitation. Soon she is having recurrences of an inexplicable old nightmare involving a terrible train crash. Why does it all seem so real? And why is it always the same? Then the family is suddenly plunged into confusion by the sudden death of Dorothy's mother who, with her last gasping breath, reveals that Dorothy is not really her child. Dorothy is stunned. Who is she? Who are her real parents? Are they still alive? How can she ever expect to find them? Unfortunately the only clue to her identity is a small Jewish star on a golden chain . . .and those awful nightmares. This book was first published by CIS in 1991, was translated into French and Spanish and reprinted in hard cover in 2001. As it is becoming difficult to obtain I have self published it.

A fax containing top secret information gets picked up by a fax machine belonging to a Grade 11 schoolgirl who assumes it is part of her history homework. At a mayoral tea party her teacher mentions some of the odd information that students write in their history tests. At least one of the guests realizes the significance and here begins a mystery and an adventure story that has the reader engrossed until the very end. A Jewish Mystery and Adventure Story for Girls.

They were the wonder couple: Sara, a gifted artist and musician, and her fiance, Lionel, a professional violinist with an endearing smile and a thoughtful personality. The fact that Sara was a South African Jew, and Lionel a gentile of German extraction, meant little to either of them. But a chance encounter with a Holocaust survivor and a harrowing trip to Germany to meet Lionel' family leaves Sara changed forever. And so begins a dramatic, action packed story which takes the reader on a breathtaking adventure through three continents, through secrets of the past and hopes for the future. Originally published in 2000 by Targum Press, this Jewish novel has become out of print. It is now republished by the author.

"Who is this" asked Tigger as he saw a very sick kitten lying beside the skateboard? They had parked it for a few minutes while they went to drink from a leaking tap. Ginger came over to him and looked carefully at Number Seven. "He is very ill," he said. "He looks and also smells very ill. I don't think he is going to make it." The two cats gently lifted Number Seven on to the skateboard and went off at speed leaning sideways when going round corners and straightening out to continue on their way. Number 7 could not grasp what was happening. Who were they and what was he riding on ? But he was going to die, wasn't he? He knew it and even these cats had said so. But the ride on the skateboard seemed to be giving him a new energy. Maybe he wasn't going to die These cats were obviously doing a lot of good on this strange transport of theirs, which seemed to have been made just for cats. In a large abandoned building in Brooklyn live the Scattercats. A group of cats who have themselves gone through abandonment, hunger, thirst, pain and cruelty who are dedicated to helping their fellow cats in need.

No one knows why John Carter has a number on his arm, obviously from a German Concentration Camp.He himself was never given a satisfactory answer about a tatoo which seems to have been with him all his life. His past - a dark mystery. His present - a confused whirl of emotions and questions. His future - unknown and full of danger. This novel, first published by Targum Press in 1995, takes the reader on an action-packed and suspenseful journey across three continents and five decades as Carter attempts to unravel the secret of his past - and build a future as a Jew.

Jenny Reynolds, a young South African convert to Judaism, was full of eager anticipation as she set out from Johannesburg on the "March of the Living" tour. Over the next few weeks, as part of an organized groups of thousands of holocaust survivors and their families, she would visit the scenes of the German destruction of European Jewry during the Second World War. It promised to be a profound intellectual and emotional experience, an experience that would be burned into her memory for the rest of her life. Her pilgrimage to the scenes of the holocaust does indeed become an experience that she would never forget, but in a very unexpected way. During an unscheduled overnight stopover in Switzerland, Jenny is shocked to discover that there may be a dark secret buried in her family's past This is the original version of Stranger to her People, edited and published by CIS

No one knows why John Carter has a number on his arm, obviously from a German Concentration Camp.He himself was never given a satisfactory answer about a tatoo which seems to have been with him all his life. His past - a dark mystery. His present - a confused whirl of emotions and questions. His future - unknown and full of danger. This novel, first published by Targum Press in 1995, takes the reader on an action-packed and suspenseful journey across three continents and five decades as Carter attempts to unravel the secret of his past - and build a future as a Jew.

It was to be a quiet, restful summer vacation at Cresta, but instead, Lea Greenberg has the greatest adventure ever When she and her mother arrive at the quaint coastal village, they find a charming cottage and a whole family of delightful neighbors, the Rubins, to liven up their stay. Lea and the Rubin twins, Devorah and Dina, quickly become friends and set out to explore the local attractions. At the Cresta Museum - a genuine castle that was once the elegant home of Lord and Lady Tranfield - they accidentally discover a secret passage leading to a whole network of under-ground caves. This Jewish children's novel, published by Feldheim is republished by the author.

The Dinansky Family have gone to spend their holiday in a caravan park in the seaside resort of Quinton. They have taken with them two old transmitter sets (walkie-talkies) from the Second World War which their grandfather has lent them. Walking along the beach, at some distance from one another, the two older children are talking to one another on the transmitters. Chaya trips and the dials shift frequency and she hears from the machine a man's voice, a voice full of terror. "Please, please help If anyone can hear me, please help." Immediately they are all plunged into a breathtaking and dangerous adventure. This book was originally published in serial form in the Concord Magazine, London, England

This is a collection of Nineteen modern day Jewish Fiction Stories written and published by Dr. Ruth Benjamin. Most of these have, over the years, been published in either the Jewish Homemaker in New York, or in the Concord Magazine, London.