A HOLIDAY TRIBUTE TO THE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL: ROCKETTE (TV)

Summary

A television special offering a tribute to Radio City Music Hall and to the Rockettes in particular, hosted by Gregory Peck. Highlights include: Peck offering insights into the structure of the Radio City Music Hall stage; newsreels featuring classic footage of the Rockettes; Ann-Margret and the Rockettes performing “To Be a Rockette”; routines featuring Alan King as a newsstand operator outside Radio City Music Hall; Ann-Margret and Ben Vereen along with the Rockettes performing “At the Roxy Music Hall” from the musical “I Married an Angel”; Ann-Margret and Beverly Sills performing a medley featuring notable songs from women who performed at Radio City Music Hall, including “Animal Crackers in My Soup,” “Varsity Drag,” “Good Morning,” “Put the Blame on Mame,” “How Could You Believe Me,” “Make Believe,” “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend,” “My Favorite Things,” “Pick Yourself Up,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and “Some People”; Vereen performing a dance routine with the Rockettes; Ann-Margret and several Rockettes performing “Flat Foot Floogie” in a mock-up of the Stage Door Canteen near Radio City Music Hall; the Rockettes performing “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”; Ann-Margret performing “You’ll Never Know”; Peck reminiscing alongside Greer Garson; Jack Jones and Diahann Carroll performing a medley including “The Way You Look Tonight,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “All of You,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Who’s Got the Last Laugh Now?,” “Long Ago (and Far Away),” “You’re Gonna Hear from Me,” “Little Girl Blue,” “I’ll Go My Way By Myself,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” and “Dancing Cheek to Cheek”; Sills performing alongside the Radio City Music Hall’s annual Nativity pageant; and Ann-Margret and Peck singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: NBC
• DATE: December 14, 1978 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:46:23
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:19962
• GENRE: Specials
• SUBJECT HEADING: Specials
• SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1978
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Dwight Hemion … Producer, Director
• Gary Smith … Producer
• John Jackson … Producer
• Tom Scallen … Co-Producer
• Rita Scott … Associate Producer
• Fred Faviano … Associate Producer
• Mick Haggerty … Animation
• C.D. Taylor … Animation
• Buz Kohan … Writer
• Marty Farrell … Writer
• Rod Warren … Writer
• Larry Grossman … Music by
• Ralph Burns … Music by
• Bill Byers … Music by
• Joe Lippman … Music by
• Alan Johnson … Choreographer
• Rockettes, The … Dance Company
• Gregory Peck … Host
• Ann-Margret … Guest
• Diahann Carroll … Guest
• Greer Garson … Guest
• Jack Jones … Guest
• Alan King … Guest
• Beverly Sills … Guest
• Ben Vereen … Guest