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Film, Video [Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie]

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Title

  • [Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie]

Summary

  • Fragment, filmed by George Gershwin, of Fred Astaire performing the "Slap that bass" dance number on the set of the film Shall we dance. The film's director, Mark Sandrich, is briefly visible interacting with Fred Astaire.

Names

  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, camera operator

Created / Published

  • [between 1936 and 1937]

Headings

  • -  Gershwin, Ira,--1896-1983--Friends and associates
  • -  Gershwin, Leonore,--1900-1991--Friends and associates
  • -  Astaire, Fred,--depicted
  • -  Sandrich, Mark,--1900-1945,--depicted
  • -  Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.--California--Los Angeles
  • -  Shall we dance (Motion picture : 1937)

Genre

  • Amateur films
  • Filmed dance
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Appearing: Fred Astaire, Mark Sandrich, and others.
  • -  Camera operator, George Gershwin.
  • -  Per a Los Angeles times, March 7, 1991, p. 431 article, George Gershwin filmed Fred Astaire performing the "Slap that bass" dance number on the set of the film Shall we dance.
  • -  Filmed at RKO Radio Pictures studios in Hollywood, California, on the set of the film Shall we dance in 1936 or 1937.
  • -  Unable to determine exact day of filming for Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass. Rehearsals for the film Shall we dance began in November 1936 and filming was from December 24, 1936, to March 24, 1937.
  • -  Possibly broke off from [Luncheon party; Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass--Ira Gershwin--home movies] (LCCN 2024603431).
  • -  Sources used: original containers; Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012 ILS record (LCCN 2018571963); Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust Archive finding aid; [Gershwins, 1936-1939--Ira Gershwin--home movies] DVD-R with identification; Spiegel, E. Fred & Ginger meet Van Nest Polglase. Velvet light trap, vol. 10, fall 1973, p. 21, viewed online October 18, 2024 via Proquest Databases; Variety, March 25, 1937, p. 6, viewed October 18, 2024 via Variety Archives online; Los Angeles times, March 7, 1991, p. 431, viewed October 18, 2024 via Newspapers.com; AFI WWW site, viewed October 18, 2024; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed October 18, 2024.
  • -  Ira and Leonore S Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012.
  • -  Moving image material transferred to LC NAVCC Moving Image Section from the LC Music Division, 2011-04-05.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 5 sec.) : si., col.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024603488

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Gershwin, George, Camera Operator. Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie. [Between 1936 and 1937, 1936] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024603488/.

APA citation style:

Gershwin, G. (1936) Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie. [Between 1936 and 1937] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024603488/.

MLA citation style:

Gershwin, George, Camera Operator. Fred Astaire performing Slap that bass, no. 2--Ira Gershwin--home movie. [Between 1936 and 1937, 1936] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024603488/>.