186. On Your Toes 1939
- Music
Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Musical direction by Leo F. Forbstein
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Warner Brothers. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner, and Robert Lord (associate). Directed by Ray Enright. Screenplay by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay from the Broadway show by George Abbott, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart. Cinematography by James Wong Howe and Sol Polito (SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE). Film editing by Clarence Kolster. Art direction by Robert M. Haas. Costumes by Orry-Kelly.
- Cast
Vera, Vera Zorina; Phil Dolan, Jr., Eddie Albert; Sergei Alexandrovitch, Alan Hale; Konstantine Morrosine, Erik Rhodes; Phil Dolan, Sr., James Gleason; Mrs. Dolan, Queenie Smith; Peggy Porterfield, Gloria Dickson; Ivan Boultonoff, Leonid Kinsky; Phil Jr. as a boy, Donald O’Connor; and others.
LA PRINCESSE ZENOBIA BALLET: Vera Zorina and others.
SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE BALLET: Zorina, Eddie Albert; Lew Christensen, André Eglevsky, and others.
SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE BALLET: Zorina, Eddie Albert; Lew Christensen, André Eglevsky, and others.
Performance Type
Film
Note
Balanchine directed the filming and editing of his dance sequences. He described the choreography as essentially the same as that for the stage play of 1936.
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
2004, Kultur, Balanchine (SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE [excerpt])
Film
Released 1939
Balanchine, Beth Genné, Frank Ries
