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This is Tom Jones

Title
This is Tom Jones [videorecording] / presented by ITC ; produced and directed by Jon Scoffield.
Publication
U.K. : Independent Television Corporation, c1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Park, Merle
  • Jones, Tom, 1940-
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • Sullivan, Big Jim.
  • Scoffield, Jon.
  • Maen, Norman
  • Norman Maen Dancers.
  • ITC Entertainment Group.
Description
1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Christmas variety show, featuring songs performed by Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Welsh choir ; a dance number by the Norman Maen Dancers in baroque costumes, performed to a guitar composition played by Big Jim Sullivan ; comedy skits by the Ace Trucking Company, including a ballet parody. At ca. 29 min. into the tape, Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park dance the adagio from the Act II grand pas de deux from The nutcracker (choreography by Nureyev after Vasily Vainonen ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky).
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Uniform Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Variety.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by data sheet.
  • Tape contains gaps for commercials or station breaks.
Credits (note)
  • Written by Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman, Ronnie Cass, Donald Ross ; choreography, Norman Maen (for the Norman Maen Dancers), Rudolf Nureyev (excerpt from The nutcracker) ; musical direction, Johnnie Spence ; art direction, Brian Bartholomew.
Event (note)
  • Telecast in the U.S. on December 25, 1970.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4144 RNC
OCLC
NYPY01-F464
Title
This is Tom Jones [videorecording] / presented by ITC ; produced and directed by Jon Scoffield.
Imprint
U.K. : Independent Television Corporation, c1970.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Event
Telecast in the U.S. on December 25, 1970.
Credits
Written by Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman, Ronnie Cass, Donald Ross ; choreography, Norman Maen (for the Norman Maen Dancers), Rudolf Nureyev (excerpt from The nutcracker) ; musical direction, Johnnie Spence ; art direction, Brian Bartholomew.
Performer
Host/singer: Tom Jones.
Guest performers: Big Jim Sullivan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ace Trucking Company (Patti Deutsch, Michael Mislove, Bill Saluga, George Terry, Fred Willard), Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park, and a Welsh choir.
Also performing: The Norman Maen Dancers, the Mike Sammes Singers, Sue & Sonny.
Local Subject
Satire in dance.
Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer, dancer.
Park, Merle, dancer.
Jones, Tom, 1940- host.
Jones, Tom, 1940- performer.
Fitzgerald, Ella, performer.
Sullivan, Big Jim. Performer
Scoffield, Jon. Producer. Director
Maen, Norman, choreographer.
Norman Maen Dancers.
ITC Entertainment Group.
Added Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Vaĭnonen)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4144 RNC
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