PUSS IN BOOTS (HOME VIDEO)
Summary
This Ace Award-winning musical comedy is based on the French fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703) about a street smart cat with high red boots who teaches a young man how to enjoy life and to believe in himself. The theatrical production of the classic fairy tale is set in turn-of-the century New Orleans, with music and songs performed in the Bourbon Street jazz style. As the story begins, Puss makes an enemy of the aristocratic Beauregard Cazeau after he outsmarts him at gambling. Later, the father of the impoverished Boozer family dies and leaves Puss as part of his estate. The two older Boozer brothers take what little money was left and give Puss to their younger brother, Murlis. At first, Puss is insulted that someone "owns" him, but he soon befriends the hapless but kindhearted Murlis and takes him to New Orleans. Meanwhile, Mayor Daugette and his wife are planning a Mardis Gras party and are hoping that their younger daughter, Magnolia, will agree to marry Cazeau. In a plot to help Murlis win Magnolia for himself, Puss finagles an invitation to the Mayor's party by claiming to be the servant of a French marquis, whom he promises to introduce to the Mayor. With the help of a local bar owner, Miss Lulu, Puss plots to foil the mean Cazeau and help his friend Murlis marry Magnolia. But in order for his plans to fall into place, Puss and Murlis have to face an even greater evil than Cazeau -- the dreaded bogeyman Croque Mitaine, feared by all in New Orleans, who lives in an enchanted estate and can change himself into any form. Portions of the program are filmed on location in New Orleans.
Details
- NETWORK: Universal Pay TV
- DATE: November 30, 1981
- RUNNING TIME: 1:33:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:14111
- GENRE: Music; Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SUBJECT HEADING: Ace Awards; Children's programs; Fairy tales; Musical revues, comedies, etc.
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Douglas Draper … Executive Producer
- Ronald Tanet … Executive Producer
- Richard A. Carey … Producer
- Jonathan Stathakis … Producer
- Jon Cranney … Associate Producer
- John Driver … Director
- John Clark Donahue … Producer, Director, For the stage
- Sharon Holland … Writer
- Charles Perrault … Writer, After the fairy tale by
- Charles Hairston … Production (Misc.), Production Executive
- Myron Johnson … Choreographer
- Hiram Titus … Composer
- Thomas F. Florey … Music Director, Conductor
- Craig W. Olzenak … Instrumentalist, Clarinet/Saxophone
- Joe Morrissey … Instrumentalist, Trumpet
- Chuck Gustafson … Instrumentalist, Trombone
- Warren Star … Instrumentalist, Tuba
- David Berg … Instrumentalist, String Bass
- Greg Theison … Instrumentalist, Keyboards
- Bruce Wintervold … Instrumentalist, Percussion
- Gary Q. Lewis … Cast, Puss
- Jason McLean … Cast, Murlis Boozer
- George Muschamp … Cast, Mayor Daugette
- Nancy Wagner … Cast, Magnolia Daugette
- Wendy Lehr … Cast, Mrs. Daugette
- Carl Beck … Cast, Beauregard Cazeau
- Julee Cruise … Cast, Lulu White
- Stephen Boe … Cast, Harmon Boozer
- Tom Dunn … Cast, Solon Boozer
- Oliver Ostenberg … Cast, Minister, Policeman
- Jevetta Steele … Cast, Miss Eulalie
- Artie Thompson … Cast, Queen Malvina
- Richard Thompson … Cast, Stalebread Charlie
- Oliver Ostenberg … Cast, Voice of Croque Mitaine
- Elizabeth Fink … Cast, Miss Adele
- Geol Weirs … Cast, Family Haircut
- Angelo Chatmon … Cast, Warm Gravy
- Robert Edwards … Cast, Cajun
- Bruce Thompson … Cast, Whiskey, Clem
- Dean Hawthorne … Cast, Carlos
- Matthew Dudley … Cast, Vincentino
- Lesley Orr … Cast, French Woman
- Karyn Sue Soliday … Cast, Madame Ninotte
- Tom Savoie … Cast, Cupid, with others