Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Champion, Marge
2. Jones, Tom, 1928-
3. Reiner, Rachel
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
5. Corwin, Betty L
6. Hoffman, Patrick.
7. League of Professional Theatre Women.
8. Character Generators/Video.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (73 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Veteran dancer Marge Champion discusses her career on stage and screen with lyricist/librettist Tom Jones. She traces her dance career back to her father Ernest Belcher, who managed a dance studio and worked as a choreographer for movies in Hollywood. She describes working as a model for Snow White and other animated characters at the Walt Disney Studio. She speaks of her marriage to dancer/choregrapher Gower Champion, their work together in films at MGM in the 1950s, their television show, and his subsequent career as director of Broadway musicals such as Bye bye Birdie and Hello, Dolly! She also discusses the personal difficulties and family tragedies of her later years and how she has managed to cope.

Subject

1. Champion, Marge > Interviews
2. Champion, Marge > Family
3. Champion, Marge > Friends and associates
4. Champion, Gower, 1919-1980
5. Champion, Gower, 1919-1980 > Marriage
6. Belcher, Ernest, 1882-1973
7. Strouse, Charles
8. Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019
9. Walt Disney Productions > History
10. Snow White and the seven dwarfs (Motion picture)
11. Animated films > United States > History
12. Dancers > United States > 20th century
13. Dancers > United States > Interviews
14. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
15. Motion pictures > United States > 1951-1960

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 341

Note

1. Copy of program available.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Opening remarks: Rachel Reiner, Jacqueline Z. Davis, Betty L. Corwin.
2. Interviewed by Tom Jones.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., March 15, 2010.

Title

1. Interview with Marge Champion [videorecording] / [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c2010.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Opening remarks: Rachel Reiner, Jacqueline Z. Davis, Betty L. Corwin.
2. Interviewed by Tom Jones.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., March 15, 2010.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. League of Professional Theatre Women.
2. Champion, Marge, interviewee.
3. Jones, Tom, 1928- interviewer.
4. Reiner, Rachel, speaker.
5. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
6. Corwin, Betty L, speaker.
7. Character Generators/Video.
8. Hoffman, Patrick.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOW 341