France, Portugal, 1960
140m
35mm film, 70mm film, Technicolor, 2.35:1, Technirama, Super Technirama 70
mono, French
A French/Portuguese fantasy film directed by Terence Young.
Plot Summary
A compilation of scenes from four ballets – Ballets de Paris: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).
Credits
Crew
Director: Terence Young
Les Grandes Projections Cinématographiques, Talma Films, Doperfilme
Producer: Joseph Kaufman
Associate Producer: Simon Schiffrin
Assistant Director: Bernard Farrel
Original story of ep. 1: Roland Petit, Alfred Adam
Original play of ep. 2: Edmond Rostand
Original book of ep. 4: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
Photography: Henri Alekan
Editor: Françoise Javet
Decor/costumes of ep. 1: Georges Wakhevitch
Decor of ep. 2: Bazarte
Decor/costumes of eps. 3 and 4: Antoni Clavé
Art Director: Georges Wakhevitch, Henri Morin
Costumes of ep. 2: Yves Saint-Laurent
Music of ep. 1: Jean-Michel Damase
Music of ep. 2: Marius Constant
Music of ep. 3: Maurice Thiriet
Music of ep. 4: Georges Bizet
Lyrics of ep. 1: Raymond Queneau
English lyrics of ep. 1: Herbert Kretzmer
Music Director: Marius Constant
Choreography: Roland Petit
Maître de ballet: Françoise Adret, Raoul Celada
Sound: Jacques Lebreton
Cast
Maurice Chevalier (ballets introduced by)
Zizi Jeanmaire (the diamond cruncher/Carmen)
Dirk Sanders (Pierrot)
Bertie Eckhart (Le patron du bistro)
Moira Shearer (Roxane)
Roland Petit (Cyrano/the young man/Don José)
Georges Reich (Christian)
Cyd Charisse (the widow)
Hans Van Manen (the husband/a bandit)
Gerard Lemaitre (the waiter)
Danielle Jossi (soubrette)
Régine Boury (2nd soubrette)
Henning Kronstam (toreador)
Josette Clavier (woman bandit)
Fredbjørn Bjørnsson (bandit)
Alternative Titles
Los ballets de París – Spain
Black Tights – UK, USA
Carmen 62 – East Germany, West Germany
Les collants noirs – France
Malhas Negras – Brazil
Las mallas negras – Mexico
Mavres kaltsodetes – Greece
Svarta trikåer – Sweden
Um, Dois, Três, Quatro – Portugal
Um-Dois-Três-Quatro – Portugal
Un deux trois quatre! – France
Раз, два, три – Russia
ブラック・タイツ – Japan
References
Periodicals
- La Cinématographie Française no.1881 (3 September 1960) p.4
- La Cinématographie Française no.1972 (23 June 1962) p.9
- Classic Images no.304 (October 2000) p.37 – video review (Sam Rubin’s classic clinic – by Sam Rubin)
- The Daily Cinema no.8504 (1 September 1961) p.10
- The Film Daily vol.120 no.37 (23 February 1962) p.6
- Kine Weekly no.2813 (31 August 1961) p.18
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.28 no.332 (September 1961) p.126
- Variety 31 August 1960
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.38
