The Desert Song > TV Cast

Show Details

Show

The Desert Song (26)

Music

Sigmund Romberg (190)

Lyrics

Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Otto Harbach (220)

Book

Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Otto Harbach (220), Frank Mandel (20)

Recording Details

Date

May 7, 1955

Type

Video / TV Cast

Method

Live

Language

English

Location

US / NY / New York

Group/Studio

NBC

Music

Mel Pahl (8) — Music Adaptation, Clay Warnick (21) — Music Adaptation

Book

William Frieberg (2) — TV Adaptation, Bill Glickman (2) — TV Adaptation, Neil Simon (22) — TV Adaptation

Director

Max Liebman (23), Milton Lyon (7) — staging

Choreography

Rod Alexander (14)

Conductor

Charles Sanford (25)

Music Director

Clay Warnick (21) — Choral director

Orchestrations

Irwin Kostal (85)

Performer

Rod Alexander (14) — Dancer, Salvatore Baccalone (2) — Ali Ben Ali, Lee Bowman (5) — Announcer, Felisha Conde (2) — Castanette Dancer, John Conte (10) — Paul Fontaine, Nelson Eddy (106) — Pierre/The Red Shadow, Viola Essen (2) — Azuri, Otto Kruger (6) — General Birabeau, Bambi Linn (16) — Dancer, Gale Sherwood (9) — Margot, Earl William (3) — Hassi

Notes

Broadcast in color, but only the B/W kinescope survives.

Shortcode

[r18382]

Releases (2)