Research Catalog

Title

Let's dance [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; director, Norman Z. McLeod ; producer, Robert Fellows ; screenplay, Allan Scott.

Publication

Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 1989, c1950.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Astaire, Fred
• Hutton, Betty
• Young, Roland, 1887-1953.
• Warrick, Ruth.
• Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962.
• MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969.
• Strudwick, Shepperd, 1907-1983.
• Huber, Harold, 1910-1959.
• Cooper, Melville, 1896-1973.
• McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964
• Fellows, Robert, 1903-1969.
• Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990
• Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969.
• Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972.
• Scott, Allan, 1906-1995
• Lussier, Dane.
• Zolotow, Maurice, 1913-1991.
• Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966.
• Anderson, Roland.
• Head, Edith.
• Paramount Pictures Corporation.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Musical about a song-and-dance man's efforts to help his former partner, a war widow, regain custody of her son.

Genre/Form

• Motion pictures.
• Features.
• Musicals.
• Dance.

Note

• Motion picture originally released by Paramount Pictures in 1950; re-released as a videotape in 1989 by Paramount, Hollywood, CA.

Credits (note)

• Director of photography, George Barnes ; choreography, Hermes Pan ; songs, Frank Loesser ; musical direction, Robert Emmett Dolan ; screenplay suggested by a story by Maurice Zolotow ; additional dialogue, Dane Lussier ; art direction, Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson ; gowns, Edith Head.

Performer (note)

• Fred Astaire (Donald Elwood), Betty Hutton (Kitty McNeil), Roland Young (Edmund Pohlwhistle), Ruth Warrick (Carola Everett), Lucile Watson (Serena Everett), Gregory Moffett (Richard Everett), Barton MacLane (Larry Channock), Harold Huber (Marcel), Peggy Badey (Bubbles Malone), Melville Cooper (Charles Wagstaffe), and others.

Contents

Dance contents: "Can't stop talking" / performed by Astaire and Hutton -- Piano dance / performed by Astaire -- "Jack and the beanstalk" / performed by Astaire -- "Oh them dudes" / performed by Astaire and Hutton -- "The hyacinth" / performed by Astaire and Watson -- "Why fight the feeling" [fantasy dance] / performed by Astaire and Hutton -- "The tunnel of love" / performed by Astaire, Hutton, and ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1931

ISBN

0792110641

OCLC

• 21076989
• NYPY94-F25

Title

Let's dance [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; director, Norman Z. McLeod ; producer, Robert Fellows ; screenplay, Allan Scott.

Imprint

Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 1989, c1950.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Director of photography, George Barnes ; choreography, Hermes Pan ; songs, Frank Loesser ; musical direction, Robert Emmett Dolan ; screenplay suggested by a story by Maurice Zolotow ; additional dialogue, Dane Lussier ; art direction, Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson ; gowns, Edith Head.

Cast

Fred Astaire (Donald Elwood), Betty Hutton (Kitty McNeil), Roland Young (Edmund Pohlwhistle), Ruth Warrick (Carola Everett), Lucile Watson (Serena Everett), Gregory Moffett (Richard Everett), Barton MacLane (Larry Channock), Harold Huber (Marcel), Peggy Badey (Bubbles Malone), Melville Cooper (Charles Wagstaffe), and others.

Added Author

Astaire, Fred, performer.

Hutton, Betty, performer.

Young, Roland, 1887-1953. Performer

Warrick, Ruth. Performer

Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962. Performer

MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969. Performer

Strudwick, Shepperd, 1907-1983. Performer

Huber, Harold, 1910-1959. Performer

Cooper, Melville, 1896-1973. Performer

McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964, film director.

Fellows, Robert, 1903-1969. Producer

Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990, choreographer.

Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969. Composer

Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972. Conductor

Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, screenwriter.

Lussier, Dane. Author of dialog

Zolotow, Maurice, 1913-1991.

Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966. Designer

Anderson, Roland. Designer

Head, Edith. Costume designer

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1931