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Dirty dancing

Title
Dirty dancing [videorecording]
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Grey, Jennifer, 1960-
  • Swayze, Patrick.
  • Rhodes, Cynthia.
  • Coles, Honi, 1911-1992.
  • Ardolino, Emile.
  • Ortega, Kenny
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (105 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Drama about a girl's romance with a professional ballroom dancer at a resort in the Catskills; includes numerous scenes of social dancing, lessons, and rehearsals, plus exhibition ballroom dancing performances by Rhodes, Grey, and Swayze. Dances include the mambo, merengue, and "dirty dancing." Honi Coles, as a bandleader, performs a brief tap solo.
Subjects
Note
  • Motion picture originally released in 1987 by Vestron Pictures; re-released as a videotape in 1988 by Vestron Video, Stamford, Connecticut. A Vestron Pictures presentation in association with Great American Films Limited Partnership. Producer: Linda Gottlieb. Executive producers: Mitchell Cannold and Steven Reuther. Director: Emile Ardolino. Director of photography: Jeff Jur. Writer: Eleanor Bergstein.
  • Choreography: Kenny Ortega. Music: John Morris. Production design: David Chapman.
Performer (note)
  • Jennifer Grey (Baby Houseman), Patrick Swayze (Johnny Castle), Jerry Orbach (Jake Houseman), Cynthia Rhodes (Penny Johnson), Jack Weston (Max Kellerman), Jane Brucker (Lisa Houseman), Kelly Bishop (Marjorie Houseman), Charles Honi Coles (Tito Suarez), and others. Dirty dancers: M.R. Fletcher, Jesus Fuentes, Heather Lea Gerdes, Karen Getz, Andrew Charles Koch, D.A. Pauley, Dorian Sanchez, and Jennifer Stahl. Includes brief soft drink commercial before motion picture.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-869
OCLC
NYPY906005079-F
Title
Dirty dancing [videorecording]
Imprint
1987.
Cast
Jennifer Grey (Baby Houseman), Patrick Swayze (Johnny Castle), Jerry Orbach (Jake Houseman), Cynthia Rhodes (Penny Johnson), Jack Weston (Max Kellerman), Jane Brucker (Lisa Houseman), Kelly Bishop (Marjorie Houseman), Charles Honi Coles (Tito Suarez), and others. Dirty dancers: M.R. Fletcher, Jesus Fuentes, Heather Lea Gerdes, Karen Getz, Andrew Charles Koch, D.A. Pauley, Dorian Sanchez, and Jennifer Stahl. Includes brief soft drink commercial before motion picture.
Local Subject
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Social dancing -- 20th century -- Study and teaching.
Dirty dancing.
Exhibition ballroom dancing -- 1950-
Motion pictures. Dirty dancing.
Added Author
Grey, Jennifer, 1960- Performer
Swayze, Patrick. Performer
Rhodes, Cynthia. Performer
Coles, Honi, 1911-1992. Performer
Ardolino, Emile. Director
Ortega, Kenny, choreographer.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-869
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