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Watch your step, brother! the life of Maceo Anderson

Title
Watch your step, brother! [videorecording] : the life of Maceo Anderson / PBS-Las Vegas ; produced by the News and Public Affairs Dept. ; directed and produced by Mike McCartney.
Publication
Las Vegas, Nev. : Public Broadcasting System, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Anderson, Maceo.
  • O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003
  • Spencer, Prince.
  • Allen, Michael, 1955-
  • Berle, Milton.
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017
  • McCartney, Mike.
  • Brei, Jeanne.
  • Four Step Brothers.
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Description
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Documentary on Maceo Anderson (1910-2001) and the Four Step Brothers (originally Anderson, Al Williams, Red Walker, and Sherman Robinson), a group of African-American tap dancers who served as trailblazers, setting standards in their art and breaking down racial barriers. In almost forty years of performances onstage and in films and television, they danced throughout the world, inspiring others to emulate their tap and acrobatic feats. After the group's retirement in 1965, Anderson opened an influential dance school in Las Vegas and started groups such as Little Steps and Third Generation Steps to carry on his work. Anderson and his group are remembered in interviews with their fellow artists, students, and family members. Their dancing (along with that of their contemporaries and successors) is portrayed in film and television clips drawn from The patsy, It ain't hay, Here come the girls, Texaco Star Theatre, the Ed Sullivan Show, Hollywood Palace, the Michael Douglas Show, the Monte Carlo Show, and others.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jeanne Brei.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Associate producer, Jeanne Brei ; writers/researchers, Jeanne Brei, Mike McCartney.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Jeanne Brei.
  • Interviewees: Donald O'Connor, Jerry Kurland, Prince Spencer, Michael Allen, Mimi Hines, Phil Ford, Mary Anderson, Cynthia Anderson Jones, Terry Criner, Mary Bradley. Pre-recorded interviews with Maceo Anderson and Jerry Lewis.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5901
OCLC
NYPY02-F450
Title
Watch your step, brother! [videorecording] : the life of Maceo Anderson / PBS-Las Vegas ; produced by the News and Public Affairs Dept. ; directed and produced by Mike McCartney.
Imprint
Las Vegas, Nev. : Public Broadcasting System, 2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Associate producer, Jeanne Brei ; writers/researchers, Jeanne Brei, Mike McCartney.
Performer
Narrator: Jeanne Brei.
Interviewees: Donald O'Connor, Jerry Kurland, Prince Spencer, Michael Allen, Mimi Hines, Phil Ford, Mary Anderson, Cynthia Anderson Jones, Terry Criner, Mary Bradley. Pre-recorded interviews with Maceo Anderson and Jerry Lewis.
Local Subject
Race and dance.
Discrimination in performing arts.
Minorities -- Performing arts.
Added Author
Anderson, Maceo. ive, dancer.
O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, interviewee.
Spencer, Prince. Interviewee
Allen, Michael, 1955- Interviewee
Berle, Milton. Interviewee
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017, interviewee.
McCartney, Mike. Producer. Director
Brei, Jeanne. Narrator
Four Step Brothers.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5901
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