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Rainbows and witches and ruby red slippers : The wizard of Oz

Title: Rainbows and witches and ruby red slippers : The wizard of Oz [videorecording] / UPN-13, in association with Radio City Entertainment presents ; produced by Dave Goetz ; co-producer, Renee Hambley ; director, Steve Cohen.
Publication: Los Angeles, c1999.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Promotional program advertising the Los Angeles premiere of a stage musical production of The wizard of Oz, starring Mickey Rooney in the title role. The program opens with a brief history of the book upon which the musical was based, its author L. Frank Baum, earlier stage and film adaptations, and in particular the 1939 M-G-M musical starring Judy Garland, featuring songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. Several members of the cast and crew of the current production are interviewed, including the director, producer, choreographer, dog trainer, and special effects supervisor.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of UPN-13, Los Angeles.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Interviews.
Trailers and promo's.

Note

First broadcast on UPN-13, Los Angeles, California, June 19, 1999; this tape includes original commercials from that air date.
In addition to interviews with cast and crew of the stage version of The wizard of Oz, this program contains brief interviews with opening night attendees at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, including Ann Miller, Jane Withers, Billy Barty, Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson, Robert Morse, Jerry Maren, and Margaret O'Brien.

Performer (note)

Narrator: Alan Frio.
Participants: Mickey Rooney, Jessica Grové, Mark Marcina, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dorothy Morena, Ozma Mantele, Robert Johanson, Ernest Harburg, Robert Baum, Jr., Casey Colgan, John Ritter, Jo Anne Worley, Tim Hawkins, Lorna Luft, James Rocco, Jeff Rizzo, Judith McCauley, Tom Urich, Francis Ruivivar, Dirk Lumbard, A. J. Sullivan, Ian O'Connor, Beth Thompson.

Event (note)

Videotaped by UPN-13 TV, Los Angeles, Calif., 1999.

Call Number

NCOX 1554

OCLC

NYPG00-F284

Title

Rainbows and witches and ruby red slippers : The wizard of Oz [videorecording] / UPN-13, in association with Radio City Entertainment presents ; produced by Dave Goetz ; co-producer, Renee Hambley ; director, Steve Cohen.

Imprint

Los Angeles, c1999.

Performer

Narrator: Alan Frio.

Participants: Mickey Rooney, Jessica Grové, Mark Marcina, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dorothy Morena, Ozma Mantele, Robert Johanson, Ernest Harburg, Robert Baum, Jr., Casey Colgan, John Ritter, Jo Anne Worley, Tim Hawkins, Lorna Luft, James Rocco, Jeff Rizzo, Judith McCauley, Tom Urich, Francis Ruivivar, Dirk Lumbard, A. J. Sullivan, Ian O'Connor, Beth Thompson.

Event

Videotaped by UPN-13 TV, Los Angeles, Calif., 1999.

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Added Author

Goetz, David (Dave), producer.

Hambley, Renee, producer.

Cohen, Steve, director.

Frio, Alan, narrator.

Grové, Jessica, 1982-

Rooney, Mickey.

Mancina, Mark.

Hearn, Michael Patrick.

Morena, Dorothy.

Mantele, Ozma.

Johanson, Robert.

Harburg, Ernest.

Baum, Robert, Jr.

Colgan, Casey.

Ritter, John, 1948-2003.

Worley, Jo Anne, 1937-

Hawkins, Tim.

Luft, Lorna.

Rocco, James.

Rizzo, Jeffrey.

McCauley, Judith.

Urich, Tom.

Ruivivar, Francis.

Lumbard, Dirk.

Sullivan, A. J.

O'Connor, Ian.

Thompson, Beth.

UPN (Television network), producer.

Radio City Entertainment, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 1554

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