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The Josephine Baker story

Title: The Josephine Baker story [videorecording] / presented by HBO Pictures in association with RHI Entertainment, Inc. and Anglia Television Ltd. ; directed by Brian Gibson ; produced by John Kemeny.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : HBO Home Video, c1991.

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Description

1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Dramatized biography of the African-American entertainer Josephine Baker, including numerous re-creations of her dancing and singing performances.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Biographies.
Feature films.
Video.

Credits (note)

Choreography, George Faison ; songs orchestrated and arranged by Ralph Burns ; original score, Georges Delerue ; teleplay, Ron Hutchinson ; story, Ron Hutchinson and Michael Zagor ; production design, József Romvári ; costumes, Mária Hruby, Györgyi Vidák ; director of photography, Elémer Ragályi ; executive in charge of production, Endre Sik ; executive producer, Robert Halmi ; executive producer for Anglia Television Ltd., David Puttnam.

Performer (note)

Lynn Whitfield (Josephine Baker) ; Rubén Blades (Count Giuseppe "Pepito" Abatino) ; David Dukes (Jo Bouillon) ; Kene Holliday (Sidney Beuchat) ; Vivian Bonnell (Josephine's mother) ; Craig T. Nelson (Walter Winchell) ; Lou Gossett, Jr. (Sidney Williams) ; and others, including Paula Brown (dance double for Lynn Whitfield) ; Carol Dennis (Josephine Baker's singing voice).

Language (note)

Spanish-language version (narration and dialogue) ; credits in English.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4804

ISBN

1559837896

OCLC

46711132
NYPY00-F1049

Title

The Josephine Baker story [videorecording] / presented by HBO Pictures in association with RHI Entertainment, Inc. and Anglia Television Ltd. ; directed by Brian Gibson ; produced by John Kemeny.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : HBO Home Video, c1991.

Edition

Spanish-language version.

Credits

Choreography, George Faison ; songs orchestrated and arranged by Ralph Burns ; original score, Georges Delerue ; teleplay, Ron Hutchinson ; story, Ron Hutchinson and Michael Zagor ; production design, József Romvári ; costumes, Mária Hruby, Györgyi Vidák ; director of photography, Elémer Ragályi ; executive in charge of production, Endre Sik ; executive producer, Robert Halmi ; executive producer for Anglia Television Ltd., David Puttnam.

Cast

Lynn Whitfield (Josephine Baker) ; Rubén Blades (Count Giuseppe "Pepito" Abatino) ; David Dukes (Jo Bouillon) ; Kene Holliday (Sidney Beuchat) ; Vivian Bonnell (Josephine's mother) ; Craig T. Nelson (Walter Winchell) ; Lou Gossett, Jr. (Sidney Williams) ; and others, including Paula Brown (dance double for Lynn Whitfield) ; Carol Dennis (Josephine Baker's singing voice).

Language

Spanish-language version (narration and dialogue) ; credits in English.

Added Author

Whitfield, Lynn, actor.

Blades, Rubén, actor.

Dukes, David, 1945-2000, actor.

Nelson, Craig T., actor.

Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024, actor.

Gibson, Brian, 1944-2004. Director

Kemeny, John. Producer

Burns, Ralph. Arranger

Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992. Composer

Faison, George, 1945- choreographer.

Hruby, Mária. Costume designer

Vidák, Györgyi. Costume designer

Romvári, József. Designer

Hutchinson, Ron. Author

Zagor, Michael. Author

HBO Pictures.

RHI Entertainment, Inc.

Anglia Television.

HBO Video (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4804

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