KENNEDY CENTER HONORS 1982 {HONOREES: GEORGE ABBOTT, LILLIAN GISH, BENNY GOODMAN, GENE KELLY, EUGENE ORMANDY} (TV)
Summary
This Kennedy Center celebration honors George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly, and Eugene Ormandy. The honorees are paid tribute in the following highlights: Walter Cronkite introduces each of the honorees; President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan appear at a White House reception for the honorees; Betty Buckley sings "Memory" from "Cats"; Harold Prince presents a film tribute to Abbott; Eddie Albert, Tom Bosley, Van Johnson, Hal Linden, and Jean Stapleton sing "Heart" from "Damn Yankees"; Eva Marie Saint presents a film tribute to Gish; Leona Mitchell sings "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from Puccini's "La Boheme"; Andre Previn presents a film tribute to Goodman; Lionel Hampton plays "Air Mail Special"; Peggy Lee sings "Where or When"; and Hampton plays "Sing, Sing, Sing." Claudette Colbert discusses financial support for the Kennedy Center with Chairman Roger L. Stevens; the cast of "On Your Toes" sings and dances to the title song; Eugene Istomin presents a film tribute to Ormandy; Isaac Stern plays the second movement from Mozart's Violin Concerto in G Major, K. 216; Yves Montand presents a film tribute to Kelly; Gregory Hines sings and dances to "I Got Rhythm" and "Fascinating Rhythm"; and Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green perform "Singin' in the Rain." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 25, 1982 Saturday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:39:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T83:0310
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Specials; Award presentations; Music
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1982
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Nick Vanoff … Producer
- George Stevens … Producer, Writer
- Michael B. Seligman … Associate Producer
- Don Mischer … Director
- L. T. Iglehart … Writer
- Sara Lukinson … Writer
- Marc London … Writer
- Glen Roven … Conductor
- Julius Rudel … Conductor
- Walter Cronkite … Host
- Eddie Albert … Performer
- Tom Bosley … Performer
- Betty Buckley … Performer
- Cyd Charisse … Performer
- Betty Comden … Performer
- Adolph Green … Performer
- Lionel Hampton … Performer
- Gregory Hines … Performer
- Van Johnson … Performer
- Peggy Lee … Performer
- Hal Linden … Performer
- Leona Mitchell … Performer
- Donald O'Connor … Performer
- Jean Stapleton … Performer
- Isaac Stern … Performer
- George Abbott
- Claudette Colbert
- Lillian Gish
- Benny Goodman
- Gene Kelly
- Eugene Istomin
- Yves Montand
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Eugene Ormandy
- Andre Previn
- Harold Prince (See also: Prince, Hal)
- Giacomo Puccini
- Nancy Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
- Eva Marie Saint
- Roger L. Stevens