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The Walnut Street Theatre

Title: The Walnut Street Theatre [videorecording] / Produced and directed by F. Randolph Swartz.
Publication: Philadelphia, Pa., c1971.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	DVD	Restricted use	NCOX 320	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

1 videocassette (U-matic) (33 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Subject

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.

Note

Documentary on Walnut Street Theatre ends at 17:30. Silent footage begins immediately after.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Animation by Paul Fierlinger ; music by Milan Kymlicka.

Performer (note)

Featuring Helen Hayes, Julie Harris and Henry Fonda. Narrated by Fonda.
Speakers: Frank C. P. McGlinn and Philip Klein.
Performers (archival footage): George M. Cohan, Ed Wynn, Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, Richard Carlson, and Tamara Toumanova.

Event (note)

Videotaped in Philadelphia, Pennslylvania, 1971.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Call Number

NCOX 320

OCLC

632356493

Title

The Walnut Street Theatre [videorecording] / Produced and directed by F. Randolph Swartz.

Imprint

Philadelphia, Pa., c1971.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Animation by Paul Fierlinger ; music by Milan Kymlicka.

Cast

Featuring Helen Hayes, Julie Harris and Henry Fonda. Narrated by Fonda.

Speakers: Frank C. P. McGlinn and Philip Klein.

Performers (archival footage): George M. Cohan, Ed Wynn, Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, Richard Carlson, and Tamara Toumanova.

Event

Videotaped in Philadelphia, Pennslylvania, 1971.

Summary

Documentary on Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theater in the United States. Includes historic photos, posters, and footage of the building's renovation in 1969. Helen Hayes reminisces about various productions she appeared in at the theater, Henry Fonda speaks of his experiences there in Mister Roberts, and Julie Harris describes opening night of The member of the wedding at the Walnut in 1949.

After the documentary, there is an additional fifteen minutes of silent movie footage filmed at the Walnut Street Theatre during the late 1930s. Material includes footage of George M. Cohan in I'd rather be right (1937), Ed Wynn in Hooray for what! (1937), and Stars in your eyes (1939), featuring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, Richard Carlson, and Tamara Toumanova. The Cohan footage is in black & white, the rest of the material is in color.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Added Author

Swartz, F. Randolph, producer.

Swartz, F. Randolph, director.

Fierlinger, Paul, animator.

Kymlička, Milan, 1936-2008, composer.

Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993.

Harris, Julie, 1925-2013.

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, narrator.

McGlinn, Frank Cresson Potts, 1914- speaker.

Klein, Philip, 1906-1982, speaker.

Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942, performer.

Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966, performer.

Merman, Ethel, performer.

Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980, performer.

Carlson, Richard, 1912-1977, performer.

Toumanova, Tamara, 1919-1996, performer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 320

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