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Kennedy Center Honors a national celebration of the performing arts

Title: Kennedy Center Honors [videorecording] : a national celebration of the performing arts / produced by George Stevens, Jr. and Nick Vanoff ; directed by Dwight Hemion.
Publication: 1990.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (102 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Telecast of the thirteenth Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, honoring Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Wilder, Risë Stevens, Katharine Hepburn, Jule Styne. In addition to live speeches and performances, each tribute is accompanied by a brief biographical film, narrated by the tribute presenter, featuring documentary footage, photographs and film clips. A film clip of the White House reception, including a speech by President George Bush, follows Walter Cronkite's introductory speech. Production credits appear at the end of the tape.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Subject

Genre/Form

Award presentations.

Note

No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

Written by Ken Ludwig and George Stevens, Jr. Musical Director: Nick Perito.
City of angels: book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Colman, lyrics by David Zippel.

Event (note)

Broadcast from the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., on Dec. 28, 1990.

Funding (note)

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Contents

Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie by Bill Cosby -- A night in Tunisia, by Charlie Parker, performed by United Nation Orchestra -- Speech by Art Buchwald -- Tribute to Billy Wilder by Jack Lemmon -- Speech by Walter Matthau -- Scene from City of angels performed by Gregg Edelman, James Naughton and Shawn Elliott -- Tribute to Risë Stevens by Marilyn Horne -- La mamma morta, from Andreas Chénier, performed by Aprile Millo -- Tribute to Katharine Hepburn by Angela Lansbury -- Readings by Angela Lansbury, Lauren Bacall and Glenn Close -- Tribute to Jule Styne by Jerome Robbins -- Medley of songs by Jule Styne performed by Jack Jones, Hal Linden, Maureen McGovern, Tyne Daly -- Just in time performed by Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking -- Everything's coming up roses sung by full cast of presenters.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6482 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F491

Title

Kennedy Center Honors [videorecording] : a national celebration of the performing arts / produced by George Stevens, Jr. and Nick Vanoff ; directed by Dwight Hemion.

Imprint

1990.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Written by Ken Ludwig and George Stevens, Jr. Musical Director: Nick Perito.

City of angels: book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Colman, lyrics by David Zippel.

Performer

Host: Walter Cronkite.

Event

Broadcast from the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., on Dec. 28, 1990.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local Subject

Kennedy Center Honors.

Added Author

Cronkite, Walter, host.

Bush, George, 1924-2018, speaker.

Cosby, Bill, 1937- speaker.

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. Composer

Buchwald, Art, speaker.

Lemmon, Jack, speaker.

Matthau, Walter, speaker.

Gelbart, Larry. Author of dialog

Coleman, Cy. City of Angels. You're nothing without me.

Zippel, David, lyricist.

Edelman, Gregg, performer.

Naughton, James, 1945- performer.

Elliot, Shawn, performer.

Horne, Marilyn, speaker.

Millo, Aprile, singer.

Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948. Andrea Chénier. Mamma morta.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, speaker.

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, speaker.

Close, Glenn, 1947- speaker.

Robbins, Jerome, speaker.

Styne, Jule, 1905-1994. Composer

Linden, Hal, performer.

McGovern, Maureen, performer.

Daly, Tyne, performer.

Jones, Jack, 1938- singer.

Tune, Tommy, performer.

Reinking, Ann, performer.

Stevens, George, Jr., 1932- producer.

Vanoff, Nick. Producer

Hemion, Dwight. Director

Ludwig, Ken.

Perito, Nick. Conductor

United Nation Orchestra.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6482 JRC

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