Research Catalog

Title

Meet me in Las Vegas [videorecording]

Publication

1956.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Charisse, Cyd.
• Dailey, Dan.
• Montevecchi, Liliane.
• Darvas, Lilli, -1974.
• Brascia, John.
• Sawamura, Mitsuko.
• Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990
• Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982
• Rose, Helen.
• Rowland, Roy
• Pasternak, Joe, 1901-1991

Description

1 cassette. 113 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

A gambler and a visiting ballerina team up in hopes of making their fortunes.

Uniform Title

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)

Note

• Motion picture originally released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer in 1956; re-released as a videocassette in 1990 by MGM/UA Home Video, Culver City, California. Producer: Joe Pasternak. Director: Roy Rowland.
• Choreography: Hermes Pan and Eugene Loring (ballets). Music: Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics: Sammy Cahn. Screen story and screenplay: Isobel Lennart. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary. Costumes: Helen Rose.

Performer (note)

• Cyd Charisse (Maria Corvier), Dan Dailey (Chuck Rodwell), Agnes Moorehead (Miss Hattie), Lili Darvas (Sari Harvany), Jim Backus (Tom Culdane), Oscar Karlweis (Lotzi), Liliane Montevecchi (Lilli), Cara Williams (Kelly Donavan), with Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Sammy Davis Jr., Mitsuko Sawamura, and others.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS: Ballet rehearsal (choreography: Loring; music: Mendelssohn [Rondo brillant]), danced by Charisse with two male partners and female ensemble. -- Nightclub act, danced by Charisse and female ensemble. -- Sleeping beauty ballet (choreography: Loring; music: Tchaikovsky), danced by Charisse, John Brascia, and others. -- My lucky charm, sung and danced by Dailey and Mitsuko Sawamura [child performer]. -- The gal with the yaller shoes, danced by Charisse, Dailey, and ensemble. -- "Hell hath no fury" (nightclub act), danced by female ensemble with male singer. -- Frankie and Johnny ballet (choreography: Loring; new lyrics: Sammy Cahn), danced by Charisse (Frankie), Brascia (Johnny), Montevecchi (Nelly Bly), and ensemble. Off-camera singer: Sammy Davis, Jr.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1339

OCLC

NYPY926001873-F

Title

Meet me in Las Vegas [videorecording]

Imprint

1956.

Cast

Cyd Charisse (Maria Corvier), Dan Dailey (Chuck Rodwell), Agnes Moorehead (Miss Hattie), Lili Darvas (Sari Harvany), Jim Backus (Tom Culdane), Oscar Karlweis (Lotzi), Liliane Montevecchi (Lilli), Cara Williams (Kelly Donavan), with Jerry Colonna, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Sammy Davis Jr., Mitsuko Sawamura, and others.

Local Subject

Child dancers.

Motion pictures. Meet me in Las Vegas.

Added Author

Charisse, Cyd. Performer

Dailey, Dan. Performer

Montevecchi, Liliane. Performer

Darvas, Lilli, -1974. Performer

Brascia, John. Performer

Sawamura, Mitsuko. Performer

Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990, choreographer.

Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982, choreographer.

Rose, Helen. Costume designer

Rowland, Roy, film director.

Pasternak, Joe, 1901-1991, film producer.

Added Title

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1339