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Funny face: Basal metabolism (Motion picture)
- Title
- Funny face: Basal metabolism (Motion picture)
- Publication
- 1956.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZHB 2-2348 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 reel. 6 1/2 min. 230 ft. : sd. color.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Fashion photographer Fred Astaire and his model Audrey Hepburn visit a murky Parisian cafe. She performs an eccentric jazz dance with two male patrons, to an arrangement of "How long has this been going on?" and "Funny face," in order to demonstrate to Astaire what a free spirit she has become. Astaire does not dance in this scene.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Alan Boehmer.
- Note
- Cellar scene from the Paramount Pictures production. Director: Stanley Donen. Choreography for this sequence by Eugene Loring.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 2-2348
- OCLC
- NYPY867019703-F
- Title
- Funny face: Basal metabolism (Motion picture)
- Imprint
- 1956.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Funny face.
- Added Author
- Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993, dancer.Astaire, Fred, actor.Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982, choreographer.Donen, Stanley, film director.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZHB 2-2348