Title

Gentlemen prefer blondes [excerpts] [videorecording] / stage direction by John C. Wilson ; produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith ; choreography by Agnes de Mille.

Publication

[1949 or later]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adair, Yvonne.
• Alvarez, Anita,
• Atkins, Cholly,
• Birch, Peter,
• Brotherston, Eric.
• Channing, Carol.
• Coles and Atkins.
• Coles, Honi, 1911-1992,
• De Mille, Agnes,
• Irving, George S.
• Kokich, Kazimir,
• Loos, Anita, 1893-1981.
• McCauley, Jack.
• Robin, Leo.
• Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
• Stein, Joseph.
• Styne, Jule, 1905-1994.
• White, Miles, 1914-2000.

Description

1 videocassette (20 min.) : si., b&w and col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Marc Austen.

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Musicals.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Book, Anita Loos and Joseph Stein, based on the novel of the same title by Anita Loos; production design, Oliver Smith; costumes, Miles White. Music and lyrics were by Jule Styne and Leo Robin.

Performer (note)

• Performed by Carol Channing (Lorelei Lee) and others. The original Broadway cast also included: Yvonne Adair (Dorothy Shaw), Jack McCauley (Gus Esmond), Eric Brotherston (Henry Spofford), Rex Evans (Sir Francis Beekman), George S. Irving (Josephus Gage), and the dancers Anita Alvarez (Gloria Stark), Peter Birch (Bill), Cholly Atkins and Honi Coles (as themselves), Kazimir Kokic (taxi driver).

Event (note)

• Filmed in performance, possibly at the Ziegfeld Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. 1949.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6700

Title

Gentlemen prefer blondes [excerpts] [videorecording] / stage direction by John C. Wilson ; produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith ; choreography by Agnes de Mille.

Imprint

[1949 or later]

Event

Filmed in performance, possibly at the Ziegfeld Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. 1949.

Credits

Book, Anita Loos and Joseph Stein, based on the novel of the same title by Anita Loos; production design, Oliver Smith; costumes, Miles White. Music and lyrics were by Jule Styne and Leo Robin.

Cast

Performed by Carol Channing (Lorelei Lee) and others. The original Broadway cast also included: Yvonne Adair (Dorothy Shaw), Jack McCauley (Gus Esmond), Eric Brotherston (Henry Spofford), Rex Evans (Sir Francis Beekman), George S. Irving (Josephus Gage), and the dancers Anita Alvarez (Gloria Stark), Peter Birch (Bill), Cholly Atkins and Honi Coles (as themselves), Kazimir Kokic (taxi driver).

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Gentlemen prefer blondes.

Added Author

Channing, Carol. Performer

Adair, Yvonne. Performer

McCauley, Jack. Performer

Brotherston, Eric. Performer

Irving, George S. Performer

Alvarez, Anita, dancer.

Birch, Peter, dancer.

Atkins, Cholly, dancer.

Coles, Honi, 1911-1992, dancer.

Kokich, Kazimir, dancer.

Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994. Producer

Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994. Set designer

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

Loos, Anita, 1893-1981. Author

Stein, Joseph. Librettist

White, Miles, 1914-2000. Costume designer

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994. Composer

Robin, Leo. Lyricist

Coles and Atkins.

Added Title

Gift of Marc Austen.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6700