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[Balanchine in Hollywood]

Title
  1. [Balanchine in Hollywood] [videorecording]
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  1. 1938-40.

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Additional authors
  1. Zorina, Vera
  2. Dollar, William
  3. Albert, Eddie
  4. O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003
  5. Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984
  6. Balanchine, George
  7. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  8. Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.
  9. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  10. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  11. Lee, Sammy, 1890-1968
  12. Balanchine, George
  13. American Ballet Company
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (48 min.) : sd., b&w; 3/4 in.
Contents
  1. CONTENTS. - Goldwyn follies (1938): excerpts (10 min.) Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, United Artists. Directed by George Marshall. Choreography by George Balanchine and Sammy Lee. Music: George Gershwin and Vernon Duke. Cast: Vera Zorina, William Dollar, and the American Ballet Company of the Metropolitan Opera. Romeo and Juliet ballet: two groups of dancers one performing in jazz style, the other in ballet style; Vera Zorina and William Dollar in a pas de deux; a brief finale. Water nymph ballet including a pas de deux by Zorina and Dollar. - On your toes (1939): excerpt: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet (27 min.) Produced by Warner Bros. Directed by Ray Enright. Choreography by Balanchine. Music: Richard Rodgers. Cast: Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert and others. (Eddie Albert had a stand-in for intricate tap dancing) Donald O'Connor is also seen briefly in a tap dance routine. - I was an adventuress (1940): excerpt (11 min.) Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Choreography by Balanchine. Music: Tchaikovsky. After a brief interlude with Vera Zorina in practice clothes, a fantasy parody of Swan lake is performed by Zorina and Lew Christensen.
Call number
  1. *MGZIC 9-685
Title
  1. [Balanchine in Hollywood] [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. 1938-40.
Local subject
  1. Ballet in motion pictures. Balanchine in Hollywood.
  2. Motion pictures. The Goldwyn follies.
  3. Motion pictures. I was an adventuress.
  4. Ballet in motion pictures. On your toes.
Added author
  1. Zorina, Vera, dancer.
  2. Dollar, William, dancer.
  3. Albert, Eddie. Performer
  4. O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, dancer.
  5. Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984, dancer.
  6. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
  7. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer
  8. Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Composer
  9. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Composer
  10. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
  11. Lee, Sammy, 1890-1968, choreographer.
  12. American Ballet Company.
  13. Balanchine, George. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIC 9-685
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