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Pennies from heaven

Title: Pennies from heaven [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Hera production ; director, Herbert Ross ; producers, Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross ; screenplay, Dennis Potter.
Publication: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1990, c1981.

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Description

1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Musical about a Depression-era sheet-music salesman who becomes involved in an extramarital affair and a murder. The film includes lavish production numbers in the style of Busby Berkeley.

Subject

Tap dancing

Genre/Form

Features.
Motion pictures.
Musicals.

Note

Motion picture originally released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1981 ; re-released as a videotape by MGM/UA Home Video in 1990.

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Richard McCallum ; director of photography, Gordon Willis ; choreography, Danny Daniels ; music arranged and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch and Billy May ; screenplay based on original material by Dennis Potter ; art direction, Fred Tuch and Bernie Cutler ; costumes, Bob Mackie.

Performer (note)

Steve Martin (Arthur), Bernadette Peters (Eileen), Christopher Walken (Tom), Jessica Harper (Joan), Vernel Bagneris (the accordion man), John McMartin (Mr. Warner), John Karlen (the detective), Jay Garner (the banker), Robert Fitch (Al), Tommy Rall (Ed), Eliska Krupka (the blind girl), and others.

Contents

Dance contents: "Yes, yes!" / performed by Martin, Garner, and ensemble -- "Pennies from heaven" / performed by Bagneris -- "It's the girl" / performed by Martin, Rall, and Fitch -- "Love is good for anything that ails you" / performed by Peters and children's ensemble -- "Let's misbehave" / performed by Walken and ensemble -- "Let's face the music and dance" / performed by Martin, Peters, and ensemble ; includes b&w footage from the film Follow the fleet, performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- "The clouds will soon roll by" / performed by Martin, Peters, and ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1967

ISBN

0792807316

OCLC

NYPY95-F132

Title

Pennies from heaven [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Hera production ; director, Herbert Ross ; producers, Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross ; screenplay, Dennis Potter.

Imprint

Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1990, c1981.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Cast

Steve Martin (Arthur), Bernadette Peters (Eileen), Christopher Walken (Tom), Jessica Harper (Joan), Vernel Bagneris (the accordion man), John McMartin (Mr. Warner), John Karlen (the detective), Jay Garner (the banker), Robert Fitch (Al), Tommy Rall (Ed), Eliska Krupka (the blind girl), and others.

Credits

Executive producer, Richard McCallum ; director of photography, Gordon Willis ; choreography, Danny Daniels ; music arranged and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch and Billy May ; screenplay based on original material by Dennis Potter ; art direction, Fred Tuch and Bernie Cutler ; costumes, Bob Mackie.

Local Subject

Child dancers.

Added Author

Martin, Steve, 1945- performer.

Peters, Bernadette, performer.

Walken, Christopher, 1943- performer.

Harper, Jessica. Performer

Bagneris, Vernel, performer.

Rall, Tommy. Performer

Garner, Jay. Performer

Fitch, Robert (Actor), performer.

Astaire, Fred, dancer.

Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, dancer.

Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001, film producer.

Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001, film director.

Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, film producer.

Hamlisch, Marvin, arranger of music.

Hamlisch, Marvin, conductor.

Daniels, Danny, 1924-2017, choreographer.

Mackie, Bob. Costume designer

Potter, Dennis. Screenwriter

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1967

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