Research Catalog

Title

That girl from Paris [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures ; director, Leigh Jason ; producer, Pandro S. Berman ; screenplay, P.J. Wolfson and Dorothy Yost.

Publication

United States : Turner Home Entertainment, 1990, c1936.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pons, Lily, 1898-1976.
• Raymond, Gene.
• Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978.
• Bing, Herman, 1889-1947.
• Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967.
• Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989.
• Jenks, Frank, 1902-1962.
• Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980.
• Jason, Leigh
• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996
• Wolfson, P. J. (Pincus Jacob), 1903-1979.
• Yost, Dorothy.
• Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966.
• Murfin, Jane, -1955.
• Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984.
• Heyman, Edward, 1907-1981.
• Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
• Panofka, Heinrich, 1807-1887.
• Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968.
• RKO Radio Pictures.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Musical farce about a French singer who escapes from her wedding and stows away with an American swing band to seek her fortune in the United States.

Genre/Form

• Motion pictures.
• Features.
• Musicals.

Note

• Motion picture originally released by RKO Radio Pictures in 1936 ; re-issued as a videotape by Turner Home Entertainment in 1990.

Credits (note)

• Photography, J. Roy Hunt ; choreography, not credited ; music, Arthur Schwartz ; lyrics, Edward Heyman ; [additional music], Gioacchino Rossini ("Una voce poco fa" from The barber of Seville) and Heinrich Panofka (Tarantella) ; adaptation, Joseph A. Fields ; based on a story by Jane Murfin ; art direction, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns, Edward Stevenson.

Performer (note)

• Lily Pons (Nikki Monet), Gene Raymond (Windy McLean), Jack Oakie (Whammo), Herman Bing (Hammacher), Mischa Auer (Butch), Lucille Ball (Claire), Frank Jenks (Laughing Boy), and others ; conductor, Andre Kostelanetz.

Contents

Dance contents: "Moon face" / performed by Ball -- "Our nephew from Nice" / performed by Oakie, Ball, and others.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1981

OCLC

NYPY95-F168

Title

That girl from Paris [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures ; director, Leigh Jason ; producer, Pandro S. Berman ; screenplay, P.J. Wolfson and Dorothy Yost.

Imprint

United States : Turner Home Entertainment, 1990, c1936.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Cast

Lily Pons (Nikki Monet), Gene Raymond (Windy McLean), Jack Oakie (Whammo), Herman Bing (Hammacher), Mischa Auer (Butch), Lucille Ball (Claire), Frank Jenks (Laughing Boy), and others ; conductor, Andre Kostelanetz.

Credits

Photography, J. Roy Hunt ; choreography, not credited ; music, Arthur Schwartz ; lyrics, Edward Heyman ; [additional music], Gioacchino Rossini ("Una voce poco fa" from The barber of Seville) and Heinrich Panofka (Tarantella) ; adaptation, Joseph A. Fields ; based on a story by Jane Murfin ; art direction, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns, Edward Stevenson.

Added Author

Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Performer. Singer

Raymond, Gene. Performer

Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978. Performer

Bing, Herman, 1889-1947. Performer

Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967. Performer

Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989. Performer

Jenks, Frank, 1902-1962. Performer

Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980. Conductor

Jason, Leigh, film director.

Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, film producer.

Wolfson, P. J. (Pincus Jacob), 1903-1979. Screenwriter

Yost, Dorothy. Screenwriter

Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. Adapter

Murfin, Jane, -1955. Author

Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984. Composer

Heyman, Edward, 1907-1981. Lyricist

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Composer

Panofka, Heinrich, 1807-1887. Composer

Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968. Designer

RKO Radio Pictures.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1981