Keel, Howard 1919-2004Overview
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Howard Keel
Show boat
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20 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in English and held by 1,818 libraries worldwide Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
Seven brides for seven brothers
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48 editions published between 1950 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,619 libraries worldwide When the new bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer finds she has to keep house for her husband's six rowdy brothers, she decides to groom them so that they can find brides of their own.
Kiss me Kate
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26 editions published between 1953 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 1,192 libraries worldwide Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
Annie get your gun
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11 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,133 libraries worldwide Frank Butler, handsome star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bags clay pigeons and ladies' hearts. He's the best marksman in the world--until a backwoods hoyden challenges him. Her name? Annie Oakley.
Calamity Jane
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23 editions published between 1953 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,000 libraries worldwide Calamity Jane is a calamity at love--she's too busy cracking a bullwhip to pay much mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume.
Seven brides for seven brothers
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 572 libraries worldwide Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does Milly discover that Adam has six other brothers all living with him in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading a story, Adam develops an idea that will create the solution to his brothers' loneliness - kidnap the women they want!
The war wagon
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9 editions published between 1967 and 2007 in English and held by 568 libraries worldwide Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
Show boat original motion picture soundtrack
by Jerome Kern
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37 editions published between 1948 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 425 libraries worldwide
Only make believe : my life in show business
by Howard Keel
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4 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 357 libraries worldwide
That's entertainment! III
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide A collection of popular dance and song numbers from the Golden Age of the MGM musicals including scenes and numbers cut from their original films.
Seven brides for seven brothers original motion picture soundtrack
by Gene De Paul
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29 editions published between 1954 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 332 libraries worldwide
Kismet
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12 editions published between 1955 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 331 libraries worldwide An enchanting fairy tale about a vagabond poet and his beautiful daughter who set the ancient city of Baghdad on its ear.
The day of the triffids
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38 editions published between 1962 and 2005 in English and held by 291 libraries worldwide Intelligent plants terrorize Earth's population after a meteor shower strikes.
M-G-M's Kiss me Kate original motion picture soundtrack
by Cole Porter
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23 editions published between 1953 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 282 libraries worldwide Lilli Vannessi and Fred Graham, a battling, once-married couple, are reunited to star in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash. But backstage and downstage, viewers get to see lavish numbers and hear wonderful Cole Porter tunes.
That's entertainment! III
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6 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 230 libraries worldwide Musical sequences from nearly 100 M-G-M musicals, plus a collection of behind-the-scenes footage and musical outtakes never before presented in motion picture theatres.
Kismet
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2 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in English and held by 197 libraries worldwide Follows one fateful, fabulous day as a beggar-poet and his daughter cross paths with a wicked wazir, a wily temptress, a handsome prince, and a magical curse.
Kismet original MGM soundtrack
by Robert Wright
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18 editions published between 1955 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 183 libraries worldwide
Kiss me Kate
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2 editions published between 1986 and 1992 in English and held by 183 libraries worldwide Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham, a battling, once-married couple, are reunited to star in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash. But backstage and downstage, viewers get to see lavish numbers and hear wonderful Cole Porter tunes.
Greatest classic films collection. Broadway musicals
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4 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 173 libraries worldwide Show boat (1951, 108 min.): When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant.
Annie get your gun
by Irving Berlin
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27 editions published between 1949 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 150 libraries worldwide more
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Actors Actresses Benét, Stephen Vincent,--1898-1943 Biography Brides Brothers Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company Calamity Jane,--1852-1903 Comedy films Drama Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Frontier and pioneer life Gamblers Gambling on river boats Hickok, Wild Bill,--1837-1876 Keel, Howard,--1919-2004 Kidnapping Man-woman relationships Melodramas (Motion pictures) Millionaires Mississippi River Motion picture music Motion picture music--Excerpts Musical films Musical films Musicals Musicals--Excerpts New York (State)--New York--Manhattan Oakley, Annie,--1860-1926 Oregon Paddle steamers Petroleum Shooters of firearms Showboats Singers Texas--Dallas Travel United States Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired West (U.S.) Western films Western films Women entertainers
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Alternative Names
Keel, Harold, 1919-2004
Keel, Harold Clifford 1919-2004
Keel, Harry Clifford, 1919-2004
Leek, Harold, 1917-
Leek, Harold, 1919-2004
Leek, Harold Clifford 1919-2004
Leek, Howard Clifford 1919-2004
Leek, Harold 1919-2004
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