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Richard Rodgers: the sweetest sounds

Title: Richard Rodgers: the sweetest sounds [videorecording] / [Produced by] Thirteen/WNET New York ; producer and director, Roger Sherman ; writer, Laurence Maslon ; executive producers, Susan Lacy and Jac Venza.
Publication: New York, c2001.

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1 videocassette (VHS) (117 min.) : sound, color and black & white; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on the life and career of Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), composer of music for the stage, screen and television. Best known for his work in musical theater, Rodgers was most successful during the years he collaborated with lyricist Lorenz "Larry" Hart, in the 1920s and '30s, and then with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, II, his songwriting partner from 1943 to 1959. Includes archival footage from stage and screen productions of shows featuring Rodgers' music, and excerpts from interviews with members of Rodgers' family, his friends and colleagues, other show business professionals, and historians of theater and musicology.

Series Statement

American masters

Uniform Title

American masters (Television program)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television.
Documentaries and factual works.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Directors of photography, Buddy Squires, Terry Hopkins, Jon Else, and Jerry Pantzer ; editor, Kris Liem.

Performer (note)

Narrated by Tony Roberts.
Interviews: Julie Andrews, Ethan Mordden, Jonathan Schwartz, John Lahr, Max Wilk, Linda Rodgers Emory, Mary Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, Geoffrey Block, Maureen McGovern, Theodore S. Chapin, Kathleen Marshall, John Mauceri, Richard Rodney Bennett, Baayork Lee, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rob Fisher, Billy Taylor, Barbara Carroll, Trevor Nunn, Shirley Jones, Barbara Cook, Adam Guettel, Celeste Holm, and Diahann Carroll.
Performers: Mary Cleere Haran, Maureen McGovern, Richard Rodney Bennett, Billy Taylor, Barbara Carroll, and Jeffrey Harris.
Archival footage: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, II.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2001.

Call Number

NCOX 1809

OCLC

1259366308

Title

Richard Rodgers: the sweetest sounds [videorecording] / [Produced by] Thirteen/WNET New York ; producer and director, Roger Sherman ; writer, Laurence Maslon ; executive producers, Susan Lacy and Jac Venza.

Imprint

New York, c2001.

Series

American masters

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Directors of photography, Buddy Squires, Terry Hopkins, Jon Else, and Jerry Pantzer ; editor, Kris Liem.

Cast

Narrated by Tony Roberts.

Interviews: Julie Andrews, Ethan Mordden, Jonathan Schwartz, John Lahr, Max Wilk, Linda Rodgers Emory, Mary Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, Geoffrey Block, Maureen McGovern, Theodore S. Chapin, Kathleen Marshall, John Mauceri, Richard Rodney Bennett, Baayork Lee, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rob Fisher, Billy Taylor, Barbara Carroll, Trevor Nunn, Shirley Jones, Barbara Cook, Adam Guettel, Celeste Holm, and Diahann Carroll.

Performers: Mary Cleere Haran, Maureen McGovern, Richard Rodney Bennett, Billy Taylor, Barbara Carroll, and Jeffrey Harris.

Archival footage: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, II.

Event

Originally broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2001.

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Added Author

Sherman, Roger M., 1951- television producer.

Sherman, Roger M., 1951- television director.

Maslon, Laurence.

Lacy, Susan, producer.

Venza, Jac, producer.

Squires, Buddy, director of photography.

Hopkins, Terry, director of photography.

Else, Jon, 1944- director of photography.

Pantzer, Jerry, director of photography.

Liem, Kris, editor of moving image work.

Roberts, Tony, 1939- narrator.

Andrews, Julie, interviewee.

Mordden, Ethan, 1947- interviewee.

Schwartz, Jonathan, 1938- interviewee.

Lahr, John, 1941- interviewee.

Wilk, Max, interviewee.

Emory, Linda Rodgers, interviewee.

Rodgers, Mary, 1931-2014, interviewee.

Harnick, Sheldon, interviewee.

Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948- interviewee.

McGovern, Maureen, interviewee.

McGovern, Maureen, performer.

Chapin, Theodore S., interviewee.

Marshall, Kathleen, interviewee.

Mauceri, John, interviewee.

Bennett, Richard Rodney, interviewee.

Bennett, Richard Rodney, performer.

Lee, Baayork, interviewee.

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- interviewee.

Fisher, Rob, 1952- interviewee.

Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, interviewee.

Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, performer.

Carroll, Barbara, interviewee.

Carroll, Barbara, performer.

Nunn, Trevor, interviewee.

Jones, Shirley, 1934 March 31- interviewee.

Cook, Barbara, interviewee.

Guettel, Adam, interviewee.

Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, interviewee.

Carroll, Diahann, interviewee.

Haran, Mary Cleere, performer.

Harris, Jeffrey, performer.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

American masters (Television program)

Research Call Number

NCOX 1809

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