King for a Day: and Road Demon
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Title
King for a Day: and Road Demon
Collection
Names
Mack, Roy, 1890-1962 (Film director)
Ötvös, Adorján (Screenwriter)
Moran, E. Edwin, 1899-1987 (Screenwriter)
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949 (Dancer)
Whitman, Ernest (Actor)
Fletcher, Clinton Dusty (Actor)
Matthews, Babe (Performer)
Rahn, Muriel (Performer)
Noel, Hattie (Actor)
Brower, Otto, 1895-1946 (Film director)
Ellis, Robert, 1892-1974 (Screenwriter)
Logan, Helen, 1906-1989 (Screenwriter)
Little, Thomas, 1886-1985 (Set designer)
Arthur, Henry, 1912-1989 (Actor)
Valerie, Joan (Actor)
Armetta, Henry, 1888-1945 (Actor)
Beck, Thomas, 1909-1995 (Actor)
Hale, Jonathan, 1891-1966 (Actor)
Alper, Murray, 1904-1984 (Actor)
Marr, Edward (Actor)
Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973 (Actor)
Palange, Inez, 1889-1962 (Actor)
Pironne, Johnny (Actor)
Virzie, Eleanor (Actor)
Greco, Betty (Actor)
Vitaphone Corp (Presenter)
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Presenter)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1938
Table Of Contents
King for a Day (1934) (22 min.) / presented by Vitaphone, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Roy Mack ; story by A. Dorian Otvos, Eddie Moran ; cast, Bill Robinson with Ernest Whitman, Dusty Fletcher, Babe Matthews, Muriel Rahn, Hattie Noel. |||| Road Demon, A Sports Adventure (1938) (70 min.) / presented by Twentieth Century Fox ; directed by Otto Brower ; original screen play by Robery Ellis and Helen Logan ; set decorations by Thomas Little ; costumes by Herschel ; cast, Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, Henry Armetta, Tom Beck, Bill Robinson, Jonathan Hale, Murray Alper, Edward Marr, Lon Chaney Jr., Inez Palange, Johnny Pironne Jr., Eleanor Virzie, Betty Greco.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2104
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures
Notes
Acquisition: Gift; donated by Estate of Jerry Ames, 2011.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 940555803
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20903243
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd16eed0-72da-0134-a0c3-00505686a51c
Rights
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1934
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "King for a Day: and Road Demon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1934. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd16eed0-72da-0134-a0c3-00505686a51c
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1934). King for a Day: and Road Demon Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd16eed0-72da-0134-a0c3-00505686a51c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "King for a Day: and Road Demon" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd16eed0-72da-0134-a0c3-00505686a51c
Wikipedia citation
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