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Parade of stars

Title: Parade of stars [videorecording] / Alexander H. Cohen presents ; a Bentwood Television production ; written and produced by Hildy Parks ; co-produced by Roy A. Somlyo ; directed by Clark Jones.
Publication: New York, c 1983.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 2494 Videocassette 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
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Description

2 videocassettes (U-matic) (100 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in.

Summary

Tribute to vaudeville staged at the Palace Theatre, intended as a benefit for the Actors' Fund of America. In the heyday of vaudeville the Palace was the venue regarded as the symbol of a vaudevillian's success. Several of the performers in this program portray top stars of vaudeville, and deliver songs or comedy routines with which they are identified.

Alternative Title

Parade of Stars: "Playing the Palace"
Playing the Palace

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Television.

Note

A second copy of this videorecording is available from the Dance Division under the call number *MGZIA 4-7676.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Musical direction by Elliot Lawrence ; music coordinator, Mel Marvin ; orchestrations by Torre Zito, Tommy Newsome, and Bill Elton ; theme song by John Kander and Fred Ebb ; special musical staging by Albert Stephenson ; scenery by Robert Randolph ; costumes by Alvin Colt ; lighting by Carl Vitelli, Jr. ; production supervised by Robert L. Borod.

Performer (note)

Orchestra: Erik Adams and His Friends.
Speaker: Nedda Harrigan Logan.
Featuring Alan Alan (as Harry Houdini), Eddie Albert, Debbie Allen (as Josephine Baker), Edward Asner, Lauren Bacall, Harry Belafonte, Milton Berle, George Burns, David Cassidy (as George M. Cohan), Dick Cavett (as Fred Allen), Carol Channing, Don Correia (as Vernon Castle), Sandy Duncan (as Irene Castle), Michael Davis & Greg Dean, Pam Dawber (as Rose Dolly), Ann Reinking (as Jenny Dolly), Bonnie Franklin, Jack Gilford (as Charlie Dale), Jack Klugman (as Joe Smith), Gregory Hines (as Bill Robinson), Ann Jillian (as Mae West), Larry Kert (as Al Jolson), Richard Kiley, Linda Lavin (as Nora Bayes), Michele Lee, Rich Little (as Jack Benny), Dorothy Loudon (as Fanny Brice), Leonardo Menna, Lee Meredith, Jeanne Moreau (as Sarah Bernhardt), Christopher Plummer, Lee Roy Reams (as Pat Rooney), Dinah Shore (as Helen Morgan), Jean Stapleton, Daniel J. Travanti, Gwen Verdon, Fred Waring and The New Pennsylvanians, James Whitmore (as Will Rogers), Shelley Winters (as Sophie Tucker), and Michael York (as Lou Tellegen).
Also with: Anita Ehrler, Darcy Phifer, Paula Lynn, Philomena Nowlin, Julie Parrs, Tina Paul, Debra Schuman, Kimberly Ann Smith, Michael Leigh Herscher, Paula Laurence, Miller Lide, and Arthur Rubin.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 2, 1983. First broadcast on May 22, 1983.

Call Number

NCOX 2494

OCLC

460160717

Title

Parade of stars [videorecording] / Alexander H. Cohen presents ; a Bentwood Television production ; written and produced by Hildy Parks ; co-produced by Roy A. Somlyo ; directed by Clark Jones.

Imprint

New York, c 1983.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical direction by Elliot Lawrence ; music coordinator, Mel Marvin ; orchestrations by Torre Zito, Tommy Newsome, and Bill Elton ; theme song by John Kander and Fred Ebb ; special musical staging by Albert Stephenson ; scenery by Robert Randolph ; costumes by Alvin Colt ; lighting by Carl Vitelli, Jr. ; production supervised by Robert L. Borod.

Cast

Orchestra: Erik Adams and His Friends.

Speaker: Nedda Harrigan Logan.

Featuring Alan Alan (as Harry Houdini), Eddie Albert, Debbie Allen (as Josephine Baker), Edward Asner, Lauren Bacall, Harry Belafonte, Milton Berle, George Burns, David Cassidy (as George M. Cohan), Dick Cavett (as Fred Allen), Carol Channing, Don Correia (as Vernon Castle), Sandy Duncan (as Irene Castle), Michael Davis & Greg Dean, Pam Dawber (as Rose Dolly), Ann Reinking (as Jenny Dolly), Bonnie Franklin, Jack Gilford (as Charlie Dale), Jack Klugman (as Joe Smith), Gregory Hines (as Bill Robinson), Ann Jillian (as Mae West), Larry Kert (as Al Jolson), Richard Kiley, Linda Lavin (as Nora Bayes), Michele Lee, Rich Little (as Jack Benny), Dorothy Loudon (as Fanny Brice), Leonardo Menna, Lee Meredith, Jeanne Moreau (as Sarah Bernhardt), Christopher Plummer, Lee Roy Reams (as Pat Rooney), Dinah Shore (as Helen Morgan), Jean Stapleton, Daniel J. Travanti, Gwen Verdon, Fred Waring and The New Pennsylvanians, James Whitmore (as Will Rogers), Shelley Winters (as Sophie Tucker), and Michael York (as Lou Tellegen).

Also with: Anita Ehrler, Darcy Phifer, Paula Lynn, Philomena Nowlin, Julie Parrs, Tina Paul, Debra Schuman, Kimberly Ann Smith, Michael Leigh Herscher, Paula Laurence, Miller Lide, and Arthur Rubin.

Event

Videotaped at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 2, 1983. First broadcast on May 22, 1983.

Local Note

Gift of the Estate of Roy A. Somlyo.

Added Author

Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000, producer.

Bentwood Television Productions.

Parks, Hildy, 1926-2004, producer.

Parks, Hildy, 1926-2004, writer.

Somlyo, Roy A., producer.

Jones, Clark, 1920-2002, director.

Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-2021, conductor.

Marvin, Mel.

Zito, Torrie, orchestrations.

Newsom, Tommy, orchestrations.

Elton, Bill, orchestrations.

Kander, John, composer.

Ebb, Fred, lyricist.

Stephenson, Albert, choreographer.

Randolph, Robert, approximately 1926-2003, set designer.

Colt, Alvin, costume designer.

Vitelli, Carl, Jr, lighting designer.

Borod, Robert, production personnel.

Erik Adams and His Friends (Musical group)

Logan, Nedda Harrigan, speaker.

Alan, Alan, performer.

Albert, Eddie, performer.

Allen, Debbie, 1950- performer.

Asner, Edward, performer.

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, performer.

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, performer.

Berle, Milton, performer.

Burns, George, 1896-1996, performer.

Cassidy, David, 1950-2017, performer.

Cavett, Dick, performer.

Channing, Carol, performer.

Correia, Don, performer.

Duncan, Sandy, 1946- performer.

Davis, Michael, 1936- performer.

Dean, Greg, performer.

Dawber, Pam, 1951- performer.

Reinking, Ann, performer.

Franklin, Bonnie, performer.

Gilford, Jack, performer.

Klugman, Jack, performer.

Hines, Gregory, performer.

Jillian, Ann, performer.

Kert, Larry, performer.

Kiley, Richard, performer.

Lavin, Linda, 1937- performer.

Lee, Michele, performer.

Little, Rich, 1938- performer.

Loudon, Dorothy, performer.

Menna, Leonardo, performer.

Meredith, Lee, 1947- performer.

Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, performer.

Plummer, Christopher, performer.

Reams, Lee Roy, performer.

Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994, performer.

Stapleton, Jean, 1923-2013, performer.

Travanti, Daniel J., performer.

Verdon, Gwen, performer.

Waring, Fred, 1900-1984, performer.

Pennsylvanians (Musical group)

Whitmore, James, 1921-2009, performer.

Winters, Shelley, performer.

York, Michael, 1942- performer.

Ehrler, Anita, performer.

Phifer, Darcy, performer.

Lynn, Paula, performer.

Nowlin, Philomena, performer.

Parrs, Julie, performer.

Paul, Tina, performer.

Schuman, Debra, performer.

Smith, Kimberly Ann, performer.

Herscher, Michael Leigh, performer.

Laurence, Paula, performer.

Lide, Miller, performer.

Rubin, Arthur, performer.

Estate of Roy A. Somlyo, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 2494

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