A Damsel in Distress (motion picture) - Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine (performers) (1937) (trailer)
Title
A Damsel in Distress (motion picture) - Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine (performers) (1937) (trailer)
Subject
Single women -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Upper class -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Household employees -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Household employees.
Upper class -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Household employees -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Household employees.
URL
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Description
Content description from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Damsel_in_Distress_(1937_film)) :
A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. Loosely based upon the P.G. Wodehouse 1919 novel of the same name, and the 1928 stage play written by Wodehouse and Ian Hay, it has music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, and was directed by George Stevens, the second (and last) Astaire musical directed by Stevens; the first was Swing Time.
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A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. Loosely based upon the P.G. Wodehouse 1919 novel of the same name, and the 1928 stage play written by Wodehouse and Ian Hay, it has music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, and was directed by George Stevens, the second (and last) Astaire musical directed by Stevens; the first was Swing Time.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
George Stevens (director)
Pandro S. Berman (producer)
Fred Astaire (performers)
George Burns (performers)
Gracie Allen (performers)
Joan Fontaine (performers)
George Burns (performers)
Gracie Allen (performers)
Joan Fontaine (performers)
Publisher
RKO Pictures
Date
1937 November 19
Citation
“A Damsel in Distress (motion picture) - Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine (performers) (1937) (trailer),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/662.