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The barefoot contessa [videorecording]
- Title
- The barefoot contessa [videorecording]
- Publication
- 1954.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-1332 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 cassette. 131 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Drama about a Spanish nightclub dancer who is made into a film star by an American director. The opening scene, which purportedly portrays Maria Vargas's nightclub act, contains only a glimpse of hands holding castanets. Later in the film, Maria performs a brief dance with Rioli in a gypsy encampment.
- Note
- Motion picture originally produced by Figaro Incorporated and released in 1954 by United Artists; re-released as a videocassette in 1990 by MGM/UA Home Video, Culver City, California. Writer/director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- Music: Mario Nascimbene. Scenery: Arrigo Equini. Gowns: Fontana.
- Performer (note)
- Ava Gardner (Maria Vargas, later Maria Damata), Humphrey Bogart (Harry Dawes), Edmond O'Brien (Oscar Muldoon), Marius Goring (Alberto Bravano), Valentina Cortesa (Eleanora), Rossano Brazzi (Vincenzo), and others, including Riccardo Rioli as a gypsy dancer.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1332
- ISBN
- 0792804406
- OCLC
- 80124966
- NYPY926006176-F
- Title
- The barefoot contessa [videorecording]
- Imprint
- 1954.
- Cast
- Ava Gardner (Maria Vargas, later Maria Damata), Humphrey Bogart (Harry Dawes), Edmond O'Brien (Oscar Muldoon), Marius Goring (Alberto Bravano), Valentina Cortesa (Eleanora), Rossano Brazzi (Vincenzo), and others, including Riccardo Rioli as a gypsy dancer.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. The barefoot contessa.
- Added Author
- Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990, actor.Rioli, Riccardo. PerformerBogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor.Brazzi, Rossano, 1916-1994. ActorGoring, Marius, 1912-1998. ActorMankiewicz, Joseph L., film director.Mankiewicz, Joseph L., screenwriter.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1332