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Dames

Title
Dames [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Ray Enright ; musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley.
Publication
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1996, c1934.

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Additional Authors
  • Blondell, Joan.
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963.
  • Keeler, Ruby.
  • Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956.
  • Pitts, ZaSu, 1898-1963.
  • Enright, Ray, 1896-1965
  • Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
  • Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977.
  • Pogány, Willy, 1882-1955.
  • Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964.
  • Warner Bros. Pictures.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Musical about a songwriter and his sweetheart, and their efforts to open a Broadway show.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Musicals.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Note
  • Film (ca. 92 min.) followed by the short "And she learned about Dames" (ca. 8 min.) and the Hollywood Newsreel (ca. 9 min.), both of which include cast members of Dames ; and a trailer for Footlight parade (ca. 3 min.).
Credits (note)
  • Music and lyrics, Harry Warren & Al Dubin, Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal, Mort Dixon & Allie Wrubel ; screenplay by Delmer Daves ; story by Robert Lord and Delmer Daves ; art direction, Robert M. Haas, Willy Pogany ; gowns, Orry-Kelly.
Performer (note)
  • Joan Blondell (Mabel Anderson), Dick Powell (Jimmy Higgins), Ruby Keeler (Barbara Hemingway), ZaSu Pitts (Mathilda Hemingway), Guy Kibbee (Horace P. Hemingway), Hugh Herbert (Ezra Ounce), and others.
Contents
Musical production numbers include: I only have eyes for you & Dames.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2850
ISBN
0792800508
OCLC
  • 36616302
  • NYPY877038096-F
Title
Dames [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Ray Enright ; musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley.
Imprint
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1996, c1934.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Cast
Joan Blondell (Mabel Anderson), Dick Powell (Jimmy Higgins), Ruby Keeler (Barbara Hemingway), ZaSu Pitts (Mathilda Hemingway), Guy Kibbee (Horace P. Hemingway), Hugh Herbert (Ezra Ounce), and others.
Performer
Music performed by the Vitaphone Orchestra, conducted by Leo F. Forbstein.
Credits
Music and lyrics, Harry Warren & Al Dubin, Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal, Mort Dixon & Allie Wrubel ; screenplay by Delmer Daves ; story by Robert Lord and Delmer Daves ; art direction, Robert M. Haas, Willy Pogany ; gowns, Orry-Kelly.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Dames.
Motion pictures. Footlight parade.
Added Author
Blondell, Joan. Performer
Powell, Dick, 1904-1963. Performer
Keeler, Ruby. Performer
Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956. Performer
Pitts, ZaSu, 1898-1963. Performer
Enright, Ray, 1896-1965, film director.
Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976, choreographer.
Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977. Screenwriter
Pogány, Willy, 1882-1955.
Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964. Costume designer
Warner Bros. Pictures.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2850
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