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Mack & Mabel (rehearsal and performance excerpts)
- Title
- Mack & Mabel (rehearsal and performance excerpts) [videorecording] / [David Merrick presents] ; [book by Michael Stewart] ; [music and lyrics by Jerry Herman] ; [directed and choreographed by Gower Champion]
- Publication
- Los Angeles, 1974.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 2096 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Summary
- Consists of home movie footage of the Jerry Herman musical Mack & Mabel, seen first in brief rehearsal segments (ends at 6:33) and then in excerpts from a performance before an audience, filmed from the wings.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the estate of Michael Stewart.
- Alternative Title
- Mack and Mabel
- Subjects
- Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019 > Mack & Mabel
- Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Drama
- Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960 > Drama
- Theatrical productions > California > Los Angeles > 1971-1980
- Musicals
- Silent films > United States > Drama
- Motion picture actors and actresses > Drama
- Musical theater > California > Los Angeles
- Normand, Mabel, 1894-1930 > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Musicals.
- Note
- No credits on tape. Production information derived from program.
- Video transfer from Super-8mm sound film footage. Image and audio quality are erratic.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Performers include Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters, Lisa Kirk, Sandahl Bergman, Claudia Asbury, and Roger Bigelow, among others. Rehearsal sequences include composer Jerry Herman and librettist Michael Stewart.
- Event (note)
- Filmed at an unidentified rehearsal studio, and at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif., May-June 1974.
- Contents
- Songs (excerpts): When Mabel comes in the room -- I wanna make the world laugh -- Hundreds of girls -- I promise you a happy ending.
- Call Number
- NCOV 2096
- OCLC
- NYPG03-F41
- Title
- Mack & Mabel (rehearsal and performance excerpts) [videorecording] / [David Merrick presents] ; [book by Michael Stewart] ; [music and lyrics by Jerry Herman] ; [directed and choreographed by Gower Champion]
- Imprint
- Los Angeles, 1974.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer
- Performers include Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters, Lisa Kirk, Sandahl Bergman, Claudia Asbury, and Roger Bigelow, among others. Rehearsal sequences include composer Jerry Herman and librettist Michael Stewart.
- Event
- Filmed at an unidentified rehearsal studio, and at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif., May-June 1974.
- Added Author
- Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019. Mack & Mabel.Stewart, Michael, 1924-1987, librettist.Merrick, David, 1911-2000, producer.Champion, Gower, 1919-1980, director.Champion, Gower, 1919-1980, choreographer.Preston, Robert, 1918-1987, performer.Peters, Bernadette, performer.Kirk, Lisa, performer.Bergman, Sandahl, performer.Asbury, Claudia, performer.Bigelow, Roger, performer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 2096