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Twist

Title
  1. Twist [videorecording] / released by Triton Pictures in association with Alliance Communications ; presented by Sphinx Productions in association with Don Haig ; produced and directed by Ron Mann.
Published by
  1. U.S. : New Line Home Video, c1993.

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Additional authors
  1. Atkins, Cholly.
  2. Ballard, Hank.
  3. Checker, Chubby, 1941-
  4. Dee, Joey.
  5. Parks, Mama Lu.
  6. Gamble, Dee Dee Sharp.
  7. Storm, Gale, 1922-2009
  8. Turner, Joe, 1911-
  9. Freed, Alan.
  10. Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
  11. Murray, Arthur, 1895-
  12. Avalon, Frankie.
  13. Prima, Louis, 1910-1978.
  14. Van Dyke, Dick
  15. Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017
  16. Robinson, Smokey, 1940-
  17. Mann, Ron.
  18. Haig, Don.
  19. Flamingos (Musical group)
  20. Starlighters (Musical group)
  21. Miracles (Musical group)
  22. Marvelettes.
  23. Sphinx Productions.
  24. Alliance Communications.
  25. Triton Pictures.
  26. New Line Home Video (Firm)
  27. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (78 min.) : sd., col. and b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Documentary on the twist and its place in the history of rock and roll music and dancing, as recalled by dancers, choreographers, and songwriters active in its heyday. Hank Ballard talks about writing the song that started the dance craze; Chubby Checker recalls the introduction of the dance. Former dancers discuss the influence of Dick Clark and his American Bandstand television program on teenagers' dances in general. Excerpts from news reports, television shows, and films illustrate the precursors of the twist in the 1950s, its rise in the 1960s and the spread of its popularity among adults as well as teenagers, its use as a marketing tool and pervasive presence in the media, and the protests against it. Also discussed are the revolutionary changes the twist made in social dancing, the search for a new dance that would rival its success, and the development of freestyle discothèque dancing in the 1970s.
Subject
  1. Frug (Dance)
  2. Mashed potato (Dance)
  3. Twist (Dance)
  4. Jitterbug (Dance)
  5. Teenage dancers
  6. Documentaries and factual films and programs
  7. Bop (Dance)
  8. Video
  9. Monkey (Dance)
  10. Disco dancing
  11. Motion pictures > Twist
  12. Social dancing > 20th century
  13. Dance
  14. Fly (Dance)
  15. Lindy (Dance)
  16. Stroll (Dance)
  17. Madison (Dance)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  3. Motion pictures.
  4. Video.
Contents
  1. Dance contents: Dances represented, in order of appearance: lindy hop, itch, jitterbug, mambo, bop, stroll, cha-lypso, Madison, twist (numerous examples), Peppermint twist, monkey, frug, Millie, fly, mashed potato, limbo, elephant walk, disco dancing, and others.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2615
Credits (note)
  1. Co-producer, Sue Len Quon ; executive producer, Don Haig ; associate producer, Ann Mayall ; editor, Robert Kennedy ; photography, Bob Fresco.
Performer (note)
  1. Interviewees: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, Betty (Pomantini) Begg, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Joe Fusco, Gladys Horton, Janet Huffsmith, Joan (Buck) Kiene, Mama Lu Parks and the Parkettes, Jimmy Peatross, Floss (Harvey) Mancini, Carole (Scaldeferri) Spada, Dee Dee Sharp.
Title
  1. Twist [videorecording] / released by Triton Pictures in association with Alliance Communications ; presented by Sphinx Productions in association with Don Haig ; produced and directed by Ron Mann.
Imprint
  1. U.S. : New Line Home Video, c1993.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. Interviewees: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, Betty (Pomantini) Begg, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Joe Fusco, Gladys Horton, Janet Huffsmith, Joan (Buck) Kiene, Mama Lu Parks and the Parkettes, Jimmy Peatross, Floss (Harvey) Mancini, Carole (Scaldeferri) Spada, Dee Dee Sharp.
  2. Performers in archival footage (in order of appearance): Gale Storm, the Flamingos, Joe Turner, Alan Freed a.k.a. Moondog, Elvis Presley, Arthur Murray, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee and the Starliters, Louis Prima, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, Marvelettes, Dee Dee Sharp, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Credits
  1. Co-producer, Sue Len Quon ; executive producer, Don Haig ; associate producer, Ann Mayall ; editor, Robert Kennedy ; photography, Bob Fresco.
Local subject
  1. Social dancing -- 20th century.
  2. Motion pictures. Twist.
Added author
  1. Atkins, Cholly. Interviewee
  2. Ballard, Hank. Interviewee
  3. Checker, Chubby, 1941- Interviewee. Performer
  4. Dee, Joey. Interviewee. Performer
  5. Parks, Mama Lu. Interviewee
  6. Gamble, Dee Dee Sharp. Interviewee. Performer
  7. Storm, Gale, 1922-2009 Performer
  8. Turner, Joe, 1911- Performer
  9. Freed, Alan. Performer
  10. Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. Performer
  11. Murray, Arthur, 1895- Performer
  12. Avalon, Frankie. Performer
  13. Prima, Louis, 1910-1978. Performer
  14. Van Dyke, Dick, performer.
  15. Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017, performer.
  16. Robinson, Smokey, 1940- Performer
  17. Mann, Ron. Producer
  18. Haig, Don. Producer. Director
  19. Flamingos (Musical group)
  20. Starlighters (Musical group)
  21. Miracles (Musical group)
  22. Marvelettes.
  23. Sphinx Productions.
  24. Alliance Communications.
  25. Triton Pictures.
  26. New Line Home Video (Firm)
  27. DHCA.
ISBN
  1. 0780607910
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2615
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