Liberace

Musical variety series.; Syndicated program.; Copyright notice: c 1955 Guild Films Company, Inc.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Musical directors, George Liberace ; photography, Mack Stengler.; Liberace plays the piano and sings A pretty girl is like a melody to his mother and other female relatives.; PFA 1604-01-14126. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (̃300 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/10/07 Not great, damaged, cut up. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/04/23 Same.

Credits

Duke Goldstone (direction, production); Mack Stengler (camera/lighting); George Liberace (music); Liberace, 1919-1987, host, performer; Guild Films Company, Inc.; Pretty girl is just like a melody

Complete catalog record
Liberace in a tailcoat tickles the ivories and afterwards speaks to the camera and dedicates this particular show to his mother and all the mothers in the audience.
Cut to Libby in a smoking jacket at the piano again. Piano solo. Cut to Libby serenading Mom as she sits in a chair. A violinist plays behind both of them. Another little intro by Liberace introducing a Latin piano number. Five Mexicans in ruffled sleeves dance around him and the piano.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, catalog record
  2. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits