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King for a Day: and Road Demon

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Title

King for a Day: and Road Demon

Collection

Jerry Ames Video Archive

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

Tap dancing

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

English

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

Moving Image

Date Issued

1934

Cite this item

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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