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Stage for a nation

Title: Stage for a nation [videorecording] / Executive producer, Joseph W. Canzeri ; associate producer, Claudia Shapiro ; produced and directed by David Osterlund ; written by Martin Gottfried ; [video prod. company] Canzeri-Osterlund Productions.
Publication: Washington, D.C., c1986.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on Washington D.C.'s National Theatre, one of the nation's oldest continuously operating theaters, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. Includes historic photos, posters, and other graphics, as well as commentary from various performers and other personnel who have worked there over the years. Also includes statements from President Ronald Reagan and former President Jimmy Carter about the theater.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Director of photography, Ray Brislin ; editor, Daniel Bailes.

Performer (note)

Commentators: Debbie Reynolds, John Forsythe, Lynn Redgrave, Anne Jackson, Pearl Bailey, Vincent Price, Tyrone Power IV, Carol Channing, James Earl Jones, Adrian Zmed, Helen Hayes, Richard Coe, Scott Kirkpatrick, Angela Lansbury, Mary Martin, Jack Gilford, Kate Mostel, Gerald Schoenfeld, Oliver Smith, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.

Event (note)

First screened at the National Theatre, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 1986.

Call Number

NCOX 399

OCLC

1004425984

Title

Stage for a nation [videorecording] / Executive producer, Joseph W. Canzeri ; associate producer, Claudia Shapiro ; produced and directed by David Osterlund ; written by Martin Gottfried ; [video prod. company] Canzeri-Osterlund Productions.

Imprint

Washington, D.C., c1986.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Director of photography, Ray Brislin ; editor, Daniel Bailes.

Cast

Commentators: Debbie Reynolds, John Forsythe, Lynn Redgrave, Anne Jackson, Pearl Bailey, Vincent Price, Tyrone Power IV, Carol Channing, James Earl Jones, Adrian Zmed, Helen Hayes, Richard Coe, Scott Kirkpatrick, Angela Lansbury, Mary Martin, Jack Gilford, Kate Mostel, Gerald Schoenfeld, Oliver Smith, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.

Event

First screened at the National Theatre, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 1986.

Local Note

Gift of Gerald Schoenfeld.

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Added Author

Canzeri, Joseph Wood, 1930-2004, producer.

Shapiro, Claudia, producer.

Osterlund, David, producer.

Osterlund, David, director.

Gottfried, Martin.

Brislin, Ray, director of photography.

Bailes, Daniel, editor of moving image work.

Reynolds, Debbie, commentator.

Forsythe, John, 1918-2010, commentator.

Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010, commentator.

Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016, commentator.

Bailey, Pearl, commentator.

Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, commentator.

Power, Tyrone, 1959- commentator.

Channing, Carol, commentator.

Jones, James Earl, commentator.

Zmed, Adrian, commentator.

Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993, commentator.

Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, commentator.

Kirkpatrick, Scott, commentator.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, commentator.

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, commentator.

Gilford, Jack, commentator.

Mostel, Kate, commentator.

Schoenfeld, Gerald, 1924-2008, commentator.

Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994, commentator.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924- commentator.

Reagan, Ronald, commentator.

National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

Canzeri-Osterlund Productions.

Schoenfeld, Gerald, 1924-2008, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 399

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