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Ken Nordine interviews Ruth Page [and] Frankie and Johnny [videorecording]

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Ken Nordine interviews Ruth Page [and] Frankie and Johnny [videorecording]
Publication
1938-1957.

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Additional Authors
  • Nordine, Ken.
  • Steele, Barbara
  • Schick, Charles
  • Stone, Bentley
  • Rosay, Bettina
  • Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
  • Remisoff, Nicolas.
  • Flaum, Thea.
  • Dupont, Paul.
  • Rickabaugh, Clive.
  • Mompou, Federico, 1893-1987.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
  • Federal Dance Project.
Description
1 cassette. 50 min. : sd. and si. b&w NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.
Series Statement
Ruth Page Video Archives ; 106
Uniform Title
  • Delirious delusion (Choreographic work : Page)
  • Beethoven sonata (Choreographic work : Page)
  • Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
Subjects
Note
  • Compilation of a television program and a motion picture. Reproduced by Thea Flaum Productions as part of the Ruth Page Video Archives, and listed in *MGYB (Page) 90-9600 Ruth Page Video Archives, 1990, p. 528-529. Ken Nordine interview is the same as *MGZIC 9-1008 Interview with Ruth Page. Frankie and Johnny is the same as *MGZIC 9-1007.
Contents
CONTENTS: Ken Nordine interviews Ruth Page (approx. 30 min., sd.). Recorded and telecast in Chicago, 1957. Director: Richard Mansfield. Pianist: Neal Kayan. Page performs her solo Delirious delusion (music: Federico Mompou), and talks about her life and work. Among the ballets she comments on are The flapper and the quarterback, La Guiablesse, Hear ye! Hear ye!, An American pattern, Frankie and Johnny, The bells, Billy Sunday, Tropic, Guns and castanets, and Revenge. In conclusion, Barbara Steele and Charles Schick of the Chicago Lyric Opera perform the adagio movement of Page's Beethoven sonata (scen: Boardman O'Connor). -- Frankie and Johnny (approx. 16 min., si.). Choreography: Page and Bentley Stone. Scenery: Clive Rickabaugh. Costumes: Paul DuPont. Recorded in performance at the Blackstone Theater, Chicago, in 1938. Perf. by Page (Frankie), Stone (Johnny), Bettina Rosay or Ann Devine (Nellie), and members of the WPA Federal Theatre Dance Project.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 106
OCLC
NYPY926011317-F
Title
Ken Nordine interviews Ruth Page [and] Frankie and Johnny [videorecording]
Imprint
1938-1957.
Series
Ruth Page Video Archives ; 106
Local Subject
Television. Interview with Ruth Page.
Ballet in motion pictures. Frankie and Johnny.
Television. Ken Nordine interviews Ruth Page.
Added Author
Nordine, Ken. Interviewer
Steele, Barbara, dancer.
Schick, Charles, dancer.
Stone, Bentley, choreographer, dancer.
Rosay, Bettina, dancer.
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee
Remisoff, Nicolas. Designer. Costume designer
Flaum, Thea.
Dupont, Paul. Costume designer
Rickabaugh, Clive. Designer
Mompou, Federico, 1893-1987. Composer
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Composer
Federal Dance Project.
Added Title
Delirious delusion (Choreographic work : Page)
Beethoven sonata (Choreographic work : Page)
Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 106
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