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Additional authors

1. Enright, Ray, 1896-1965
2. Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978
3. Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962.
4. Macaulay, Richard, 1909-1969.
5. Zorina, Vera.
6. Zorina, Vera
7. Albert, Eddie.
8. Albert, Eddie
9. Hale, Alan, 1892-1950
10. O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003.
11. Balanchine, George
12. McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981
13. Gleason, James, 1886-1959
14. Kinskey, Leonid, 1903-1998.
15. Dickson, Gloria, 1917-1945.
16. Rhodes, Erik, 1906-1990.
17. Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978.
18. Churchill, Berton, 1876-1940.
19. Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
20. First National Pictures, Inc.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. "In the 1920's, vaudeville reigned supreme as the Dancing Dolans tapped their way across the nation's stages. Fifteen years later, the act has become dated, and son Junior decides to quit to become a great composer. While in a bar, Junior meets Russian composer Ivan Boultonoff, who offers to teach him the art of composition. The pair return to Ivan's hotel room, where the Russian ballet troupe of impresario Sergei Alexandrovitch is quartered. That night, as Ivan dozes, Junior composes a ballet he names Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. The next morning, Ivan awakens and presents the composition as his own to Alexandrovitch, who takes an instant disliking to Junior. In addition to Alexandrovitch, Junior also meets Vera Barnova, the troupe's prima ballerina whom, he discovers, he knew as a girl in vaudeville. As Vera and Junior resume their romance, one of the dancers in the chorus disappears, and Junior is pressed into dancing his part. When Junior's performance turns the turgid ballet into a farce, however, Junior flees the theater in disgrace. The critics, however, hail Junior's blunder as a new technique, prompting Peggy Porterfield, the ballet's patroness, to insist upon staging Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. The embarrassed Junior returns to bid Vera farewell, and when Vera discovers that he and not Ivan wrote the ballet, she insists upon his participation in the show. Junior's ideas clash with those of Constantine Morrisine, the lead male dancer, and when their disagreement ends in a skirmish, Morrisine breaks his ankle, forcing Junior to take his place on stage. Meanwhile, the resentful Alexandrovitch arranges for Junior to be assassinated at the end of the dance, but Ivan discovers his plot and saves Junior's life as the curtain falls to thunderous applause"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940.

Subject

1. Feature films
2. Video
3. Features
4. Ballet > Drama
5. Russian Americans > Drama
6. Musicals
7. Dance
8. Filmed dance
9. Vaudeville > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Musicals.
2. Dance.
3. Video.
4. Filmed dance.
5. Features.
6. Feature films.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7324

Note

1. Based on the musical On your toes by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott which opened in New York on April 11, 1936.
2. Credits supplied from: AFI catalog, 1931-1940.
3. Originally distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
4. Playing time on release was 93 min., according to: AFI catalog, 1931-1940.
5. Off-air recording.

Credits (note)

1. Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ; 2d unit Director, Byron Haskins; dialogue directors, Ted Thomas and Hugh Cummings; assistant director, Jesse Hibbs; director of photography, James Wong Howe; photography for Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet, Sol Polito; special effects, Byron Haskin and Robert Burks; art director, Robert Haas; film editor, Clarence Kolster; costumes, Orry-Kelly; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Ray Heindorf; sound, Oliver S. Garretson and David Forrest; dance director, George Balanchine; assistant to Balanchine, Frank Heath; makeup, Perc Westmore; unit manager, Bob Ross.

Performer (note)

1. [Vera] Zorina (Vera Barnova); Eddie Albert (Phil Dolan, Jr.); Alan Hale (Sergei Alexandrovitch); Frank McHugh (Paddy Reilly); James Gleason (Phil Dolan, Sr.); Leonid Kinsky (Ivan Boultonoff); Gloria Dickson (Peggy Porterfield); Erik Rhodes (Constantine Morrisine); Queenie Smith (Mrs. Dolan); Berton Churchill (Donald Henderson); Donald O'Connor (Phil, as a boy); Paul Hurst (bartender); Sarita Wooton (Vera, as a girl); Alex Melesh (Pavlov); Gregory Gaye (Vassilly); Konstantin Shayne (first assassin); Adia Kuznetzoff (second assassin); Leon Belasco (Mishka); Marek Windheim (Dmitri); Charles Laskey (specialty); Creighton Hale (stage manager); Irving Bacon (stage manager); Nat Carr, Billy Wayne, Bert Hanlon, Frank Orth (vaudevillians); Tommy Bupp (boy); Cliff Saum (stagehand); Ed Gargan (policeman); Wade Boteler (cop); De Wolfe Hopper (escort).

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Popular Balanchine Foundation.

Title

1. On your toes [videorecording] / a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Robert Lord ; director, Ray Enright ; screenplay, Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay ; adaptation, Sig Herzig and Lawrence Riley.

Imprint

1. [200-?], 1939.

System details

1. DVD.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 videocassette ; 1/2 in.

Cast

1. [Vera] Zorina (Vera Barnova); Eddie Albert (Phil Dolan, Jr.); Alan Hale (Sergei Alexandrovitch); Frank McHugh (Paddy Reilly); James Gleason (Phil Dolan, Sr.); Leonid Kinsky (Ivan Boultonoff); Gloria Dickson (Peggy Porterfield); Erik Rhodes (Constantine Morrisine); Queenie Smith (Mrs. Dolan); Berton Churchill (Donald Henderson); Donald O'Connor (Phil, as a boy); Paul Hurst (bartender); Sarita Wooton (Vera, as a girl); Alex Melesh (Pavlov); Gregory Gaye (Vassilly); Konstantin Shayne (first assassin); Adia Kuznetzoff (second assassin); Leon Belasco (Mishka); Marek Windheim (Dmitri); Charles Laskey (specialty); Creighton Hale (stage manager); Irving Bacon (stage manager); Nat Carr, Billy Wayne, Bert Hanlon, Frank Orth (vaudevillians); Tommy Bupp (boy); Cliff Saum (stagehand); Ed Gargan (policeman); Wade Boteler (cop); De Wolfe Hopper (escort).

Credits

1. Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ; 2d unit Director, Byron Haskins; dialogue directors, Ted Thomas and Hugh Cummings; assistant director, Jesse Hibbs; director of photography, James Wong Howe; photography for Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet, Sol Polito; special effects, Byron Haskin and Robert Burks; art director, Robert Haas; film editor, Clarence Kolster; costumes, Orry-Kelly; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Ray Heindorf; sound, Oliver S. Garretson and David Forrest; dance director, George Balanchine; assistant to Balanchine, Frank Heath; makeup, Perc Westmore; unit manager, Bob Ross.

Source

1. Gift; Popular Balanchine Foundation. NN-PD

Added author

1. Enright, Ray, 1896-1965, film director.
2. Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978, film producer.
3. Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962. Screenwriter
4. Macaulay, Richard, 1909-1969. Screenwriter
5. Zorina, Vera. Actor
6. Zorina, Vera, dancer.
7. Albert, Eddie. Actor
8. Albert, Eddie, dancer.
9. Hale, Alan, 1892-1950, actor.
10. O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003. Performer
11. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
12. McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981, actor.
13. Gleason, James, 1886-1959, actor.
14. Kinskey, Leonid, 1903-1998. Actor
15. Dickson, Gloria, 1917-1945. Actor
16. Rhodes, Erik, 1906-1990. Actor
17. Smith, Queenie, 1902-1978. Actor
18. Churchill, Berton, 1876-1940. Actor
19. Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
20. First National Pictures, Inc.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7324