Research Catalog

Title

Life remembers [videorecording] / Turner Home Entertainment ; Turner Pictures presents ; written and produced by Maureen Colby.

Publication

Atlanta, Ga. : Turner Home Entertainment, c1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Blair.
• Corley, Maureen.
• Bennett, Tony, 1926-2023
• Black, Clint.
• Brown, Dee, 1908-2002.
• Brown, Jerry, 1938-
• Dunne, Dominick.
• Glenn, John, 1921-2016.
• Huber, Jim.
• James, Caryn.
• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• King, Billie Jean.
• Lasorda, Tommy.
• Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
• Mazursky, Paul.
• Schaap, Dick, 1934-2001.
• Young, Andrew, 1932-
• Turner Pictures, Inc.
• Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (47 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Obituaries of notable personalities who died in 1993, illustrated by photographs (some drawn from Life magazine), moving images, pre-recorded interviews by the subjects, and tributes by friends and colleagues. The segment on Rudolf Nureyev begins at ca. 23 min. into the tape and includes footage from a 1983 interview and brief clips of Nureyev rehearsing The sleeping beauty and Raymonda, and performing in Le corsaire pas de deux.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Subject

• Twitty, Conway
• Cahn, Sammy
• Eckstine, Billy
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
• Campanella, Roy, 1921-
• Drysdale, Don
• Allison, Davey, 1961-1993
• Lewis, Reggie, 1966-1993
• Valvano, Jim
• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Fellini, Federico
• Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993
• Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
• Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
• Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993
• Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
• Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
• Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993
• Ashe, Arthur
• Obituaries

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Executive producer, Marsha Armstrong ; co-producer, Michele Tedesco ; editor, Matthew Gore ; art director, Shannon Davis. Produced in association with Life magazine.

Contents

Music: Conway Twitty, Sammy Cahn, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie -- Sports: Roy Campanella, Don Drysdale, Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, Drazen Petrovic, Reggie Lewis, Jim Valvano -- Entertainment (represented only in brief film clips): Ruby Keeler, Don Ameche, Myrna Loy, Fred Gwynne, Vincent Price, Bill Bixby, Spanky McFarland, Stewart Granger, Richard Jordan, River Phoenix -- Entertainment (longer tributes): Rudolf Nureyev, Federico Fellini, Helen Hayes, Lillian Gish, Audrey Hepburn -- Heroes: Deke Slayton, Cesar Chavez -- African-Americans instrumental in the struggle against racism: Marian Anderson, Thurgood Marshall, Arthur Ashe.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4389 RNC

ISBN

0780605020

OCLC

• 29941493
• NYPY05-F10087

Title

Life remembers [videorecording] / Turner Home Entertainment ; Turner Pictures presents ; written and produced by Maureen Colby.

Imprint

Atlanta, Ga. : Turner Home Entertainment, c1993.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Credits

Executive producer, Marsha Armstrong ; co-producer, Michele Tedesco ; editor, Matthew Gore ; art director, Shannon Davis. Produced in association with Life magazine.

Performer

Host: Blair Brown.

Interviewees: Tony Bennett, Clint Black, Dee Brown, Jerry Brown, Dominick Dunne, John Glenn, Jim Huber, Caryn James, Jon Jennings, Quincy Jones, Billie Jean King, Tommy Lasorda, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Mazursky, Dick Schaap, Andrew Young.

Added Author

Brown, Blair. Host

Corley, Maureen. Author. Producer

Bennett, Tony, 1926-2023, interviewee.

Black, Clint. Interviewee

Brown, Dee, 1908-2002. Interviewee

Brown, Jerry, 1938- Interviewee

Dunne, Dominick. Interviewee

Glenn, John, 1921-2016. Interviewee

Huber, Jim. Interviewee

James, Caryn. Interviewee

Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee.

King, Billie Jean. Interviewee

Lasorda, Tommy. Interviewee

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- Interviewee

Mazursky, Paul. Interviewee

Schaap, Dick, 1934-2001. Interviewee

Young, Andrew, 1932- Interviewee

Turner Pictures, Inc.

Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4389 RNC