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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart 's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes . Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl but is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend.
A film noir crime film based on a true story of a waterfront hit in New York. Watch or download the movie for free, or read the original New York Times review by Bosley Crowther.
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Learn how George Balanchine created the jazz ballet \"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue\" for the 1936 musical On Your Toes, and how it changed Broadway and ballet. Find out how the Encores! production will recreate this classic number with new choreography and original music.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. 1957. 1 hr 43 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. An assistant DA's war on racketeering on New York City's waterfront. Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Walter Matthau ...
As it turned out, the acquisition of the Richard Rodgers jazz ballet piece was a wise move for Universal. It was newly-arranged for the film by Herschel Burke Gilbert and an uncredited Henry Mancini. While the movie only did average business at the box-office, the 1957 soundtrack album for Slaughter on Tenth Avenue proved to be a huge seller ...
A young lawyer tries to prosecute a union leader and his henchmen for killing a longshoreman in New York City. The case is complicated by the code of silence and violence among the dock workers.
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May 3, 2013 · This story was familiar, but the setting certainly wasn’t when George Balanchine’s ballet “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” had its premiere in the Rodgers and Hart musical “On Your Toes” in ...
