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Billy Sunday: baseball, the Bible and ballet [videorecording]

Title
  1. Billy Sunday: baseball, the Bible and ballet [videorecording]
Published by
  1. c1984.

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Additional authors
  1. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
  2. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
  3. Sharp, Michael
  4. Smiley, Kimberly
  5. Cadle, Michael
  6. Boyer, Suzette
  7. Kalthoff, Michael
  8. Kelly, Debra
  9. Foisie, Christina
  10. Shortt, Paul
  11. Flaum, Thea
  12. Dupont, Paul
  13. Feltner, Taylor L
  14. Wentink, Andrew Mark
  15. DeLeone, Carmon
  16. Cincinnati/New Orleans City Ballet
Description
  1. 1 cassette. 60 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. SUMMARY: Made-for-television performance, preceded by a documentary (approx. 24 min.) on the life of Billy Sunday, baseball player turned evangelist, illustrated with b&w archival footage. This section also includes interviews with Ruth Page and Frederic Franklin, who recall the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballets Américains productions of the ballet. Composer Carmon de Leone contributes to the discussion of its reconstruction.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.
Series statement
  1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 120
Uniform title
  1. Billy Sunday (Choreographic work : Page)
Subject
  1. Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 120
Note
  1. Produced by WCET-TV/Cincinnati. Producers: Taylor L. Feltner and Andrew M. Wentink. Director: Feltner. Writer: Wentink. Narrator: Johnny Bench. 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. 535. Same as *MGZIA 4-259.
  2. Choreography: Ruth Page, staged and directed by Frederic Franklin. Music: Carmon de Leone. Text: J. Ray Hunt. Scenery: Paul Shortt. Costumes: Paul Dupont. Lighting: Steven Bernstein.
  3. Performed by the Cincinnati Ballet/New Orleans City Ballet: Michael Sharp (Billy Sunday), Stacy Snyder (Ma Sunday), Kimberly Smiley (Bathsheba), Michael Cadle (the devil), Suzette Boyer (Mrs. Potiphar), Michael Kalthoff (Mr. Potiphar), Debra Kelly (angel of innocence), Christina Foisie (Delilah), and others. Cincinnati Ballet orchestra conducted by Carmon de Leone.
Title
  1. Billy Sunday: baseball, the Bible and ballet [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. c1984.
Series
  1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 120
Local subject
  1. Ballet in television. Billy Sunday.
Added author
  1. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, choreographer. Interviewee
  2. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
  3. Sharp, Michael, dancer.
  4. Smiley, Kimberly, dancer.
  5. Cadle, Michael, dancer.
  6. Boyer, Suzette, dancer.
  7. Kalthoff, Michael, dancer.
  8. Kelly, Debra, dancer.
  9. Foisie, Christina, dancer.
  10. Shortt, Paul. Set designer
  11. Flaum, Thea. Producer
  12. Dupont, Paul. Costume designer
  13. Feltner, Taylor L. Producer. Director
  14. Wentink, Andrew Mark. Producer. Author
  15. DeLeone, Carmon. Composer
  16. Cincinnati/New Orleans City Ballet.
Added title
  1. Billy Sunday (Choreographic work : Page)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 120
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