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[Balanchine in Hollywood]

Title
[Balanchine in Hollywood] [videorecording]
Publication
1938-40.

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Additional Authors
  • Zorina, Vera
  • Dollar, William
  • Albert, Eddie.
  • O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003
  • Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984
  • Balanchine, George
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969.
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Lee, Sammy, 1890-1968
  • American Ballet Company.
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (48 min.) : sd., b&w; 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Contents
CONTENTS. - Goldwyn follies (1938): excerpts (10 min.) Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, United Artists. Directed by George Marshall. Choreography by George Balanchine and Sammy Lee. Music: George Gershwin and Vernon Duke. Cast: Vera Zorina, William Dollar, and the American Ballet Company of the Metropolitan Opera. Romeo and Juliet ballet: two groups of dancers one performing in jazz style, the other in ballet style; Vera Zorina and William Dollar in a pas de deux; a brief finale. Water nymph ballet including a pas de deux by Zorina and Dollar. - On your toes (1939): excerpt: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet (27 min.) Produced by Warner Bros. Directed by Ray Enright. Choreography by Balanchine. Music: Richard Rodgers. Cast: Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert and others. (Eddie Albert had a stand-in for intricate tap dancing) Donald O'Connor is also seen briefly in a tap dance routine. - I was an adventuress (1940): excerpt (11 min.) Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Choreography by Balanchine. Music: Tchaikovsky. After a brief interlude with Vera Zorina in practice clothes, a fantasy parody of Swan lake is performed by Zorina and Lew Christensen.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-685
OCLC
NYPY827034670-F
Title
[Balanchine in Hollywood] [videorecording]
Imprint
1938-40.
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Balanchine in Hollywood.
Motion pictures. The Goldwyn follies.
Motion pictures. I was an adventuress.
Ballet in motion pictures. On your toes.
Added Author
Zorina, Vera, dancer.
Dollar, William, dancer.
Albert, Eddie. Performer
O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, dancer.
Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984, dancer.
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer
Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Composer
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Composer
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Lee, Sammy, 1890-1968, choreographer.
American Ballet Company.
Added Title
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-685
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