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Mambo

Title
  1. Mambo [videorecording]
Published by
  1. 1954.

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Additional authors
  1. Dunham, Katherine
  2. Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989.
  3. Zappolini, Walter.
  4. Coltellacci, Giulio.
  5. Rota, Nino, 1911-1979.
  6. Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966
  7. Katherine Dunham Company.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette. 93 min. : sd. b&w NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Drama about a young dancer torn between conflicting demands. The first hour of the film contains numerous scenes of dance performances, rehearsals, and classes. According to Ruth Beckford, Dunham's biographer, five dances were created expressly for the film: Coboclo do mato, sung and danced by Dunham; Baiao; Sube Espuma, danced by Dunham; New love, new wine; and Mambo. Walter Zappolini (not listed in credits) partners Mangano in the mambo.
Subject
  1. Motion pictures > Mambo
  2. Feature films
  3. Mambo (Dance)
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1403
Note
  1. Motion picture originally released in 1954 by Paramount Pictures; reissued as a videocassette in 1991 by Hen's Tooth Video, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Producers: Dino de Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti. Director: Robert Rossen. Director of photography: Harold Rosson.
  2. Choreography: Katherine Dunham. Music: Bernard Noriega, David Gilbert, Nino Rota, A. F. Lavagnino. Lyrics: Katherine Dunham. Story and screenplay: Guido Piovene, Ivo Perilli, Ennio de Concini, and Robert Rossen. Art direction: André Andrejeff. Costumes: Giulio Coltellacci.
Performer (note)
  1. Silvana Mangano (Giovanna), Michael Rennie (Count Enrico), Vittorio Gassman (Mario), Shelley Winters (Toni), Katherine Dunham (Katherine), and others. Danced by Katherine Dunham and company.
Title
  1. Mambo [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. 1954.
Cast
  1. Silvana Mangano (Giovanna), Michael Rennie (Count Enrico), Vittorio Gassman (Mario), Shelley Winters (Toni), Katherine Dunham (Katherine), and others. Danced by Katherine Dunham and company.
Local subject
  1. Motion pictures. Mambo.
Added author
  1. Dunham, Katherine, choreographer. Lyricist. Performer
  2. Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989. Performer
  3. Zappolini, Walter. Performer
  4. Coltellacci, Giulio. Costume designer
  5. Rota, Nino, 1911-1979. Composer
  6. Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966, film director.
  7. Katherine Dunham Company.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1403
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