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Showtime at the Apollo

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Eartha Kitt introduces rare vintage performances all filmed in 1955 at New York's famous Apollo Theatre, now on British television for the first time.
Tonight Miss Kitt introduces jazz classics from the Lionel Hampton Band and the Count Basie Orchestra; ballads and blues from
Nat 'King' Cole and Dinah Washington ; R 'n' B boogie from Amos Milburn and Martha Davis ; and comedy by the brilliant
Nipsey Russell , and his well-loved sidekick Mantan Moreland. Film cameraman JOHN MCGLASHAN Sound MICHAEL SPENCER Film editor DAVID KITSON
Producer HELEN GALLACHER

Contributors

Introduces:
Eartha Kitt
Introduces:
Dinah Washington
Unknown:
Amos Milburn
Unknown:
Martha Davis
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Nipsey Russell
Unknown:
Mantan Moreland.
Unknown:
John McGlashan
Unknown:
Michael Spencer
Editor:
David Kitson
Producer:
Helen Gallacher
Source: Radio Times

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