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Garner Dancer Ruthanna Graves Dancer Terri Griffin Dancer Robin Harmon Dancer Jackee Harry Dancer Sonya Hensley Dancer Dave Jackson Dancer Gail Kendricks Dancer Christina Kumi Kimball Dancer Mary Beth Durdock Dancer Alde Lewis Dancer Paula Lynn Dancer Bernard Manners Dancer Bernard Marsh Dancer David McHarris Dancer Delores McHarris Dancer Vody Najac Dancer Viewma Negromonte Dancer Alice Anne Oakes Dancer Anne Palmer Dancer Julie Pars Dancer Antonia Pettiford Dancer Valarie Pettiford Dancer Janet L. Powell Dancer Renee Rodriquez Dancer Tracey Ross Dancer Kiki Shepard Dancer Gay Thomas Wilson Dancer Mario Van Peebles Dancer Rima Vetter Dancer Karen Wadkins Dancer Ivery Wheeler Dancer Donald Williams Dancer Alexis Wilson Dancer Rick Washburn Back to Top Directors Francis Ford Coppola Director Gian-Carlo Coppola 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Back to Top Writers William J. Kennedy From Story Francis Ford Coppola From Story Mario Puzo From Story James Haskins from pictorial history William J. Kennedy screenplay Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay Francis Ford Coppola screenplay Back to Top Producers Dyson Lovell Executive Producer Robert Evans Producer Sylvio Tabet Co-Producer Fred Roos Co-Producer Melissa Prophet (II) Associate Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Adgar Cowans stills Stephen Goldblatt Director of Photography Michael L. Stone Camera Operator Joe Coffey b-camera operator Barry Harris (II) Camera Operator (electronic cinema department) Don Sweeney camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Back to Top Editors Barry Malkin editor supervisor Dorian Harris Assistant Editor John Coles Assistant Editor Debra Bard Assistant Editor Robert Q. Lovett Editor Back to Top Casting Gretchen Rennell Casting Lois Planco Casting Janet Hirshenson Casting (Los Angeles) Jane Jenkins Casting (Los Angeles) Julie Hughes (II) Casting (dance) Barry Moss Casting (dance) Back to Top Production Management Grace Blake executive production supervisor Kerry Orent Post-Production Supervisor Lynn Lewis Lovett Script Supervisor Lillian Pyles production office supervisor Joseph Cusumano Line Producer Barrie M. Osborne Line Producer David Golden Unit Production Manager Christopher Cronyn Unit Production Manager Meg Hunnewell Unit Production Manager Michael Rauch (II) effects Unit production manager Lillian Pyles Production Coordinator Harriette Kanew Production Coordinator (special effects unit) Robert Girolami 1st Assistant Director Henry Bronchtein 2nd Assistant Director Louis D Esposito 2nd Assistant Director Amy Sayers additional Assistant Director Paul Fitzmaurice additional Assistant Director Ronnie Mitchell additional Assistant Director Joseph Reidy assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Ann Egbert assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Michael Haley Assistant Director (special effects unit) Lewis Gould Assistant Director (special effects unit) Ed Dessisso Location Manager Gaetano Lisi Location Manager Charles Miller (II) Location Manager Celia D. Costas Location Manager (special effects unit) Back to Top Art Department David Chapman art direction Gregory William Bolton art direction George Gaines (II) Set Designer Leslie Bloom Set Designer Richard Sylbert Production Designer Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Alfred Craine key wardrobe (men) Beverly Cycon key wardrobe (women) Guy Tanno Wardrobe Melissa Stanton Wardrobe Mark Burchard Wardrobe Arlene Coffey Wardrobe David Dumais Wardrobe Barbara Rosenthal Wardrobe Craig Lyman key makeup Richard Dean (II) Makeup Frances Kolar Makeup C. Romania Ford Makeup Joseph Cuervo Makeup Lyndell Quiyou hairstyles John Caglione Jr key makeup (prosthetic) Arlette Greenfield Makeup (prosthetic) Milena Canonero Costume Designer Jennifer Bryan Costume Supervisor Back to Top Sound Harriet Fidlow ADR Editor Tom Bellfort ADR Editor Edward Beyer sound editor supervisor Michael Kirchberger Sound Editor Kevin Lee Sound Editor Mark Rathaus Sound Editor Maurice Schell Sound Editor Paul Trejo Sound Editor Jack C. Jacobsen Sound David Carroll (II) sound rerecording Richard Beggs sound rerecording mixer Lee Dichter sound rerecording mixer Michael Minkler sound rerecording mixer James Austin sound rerecording mixer Back to Top Music John Barry Music Bob Wilber (II) music re-creations Richard Gere Music Performer (cornetist) Sy Johnson Music Arranger Sy Johnson Orchestrations Sy Johnson music associate supervisor Al Woodbury additional Orchestrations Zane Weiner music production coordinator Duke Ellington songs ( Creole Love Call Creole Rhapsody Hot and Bothered Black Beauty Daybreak Express Wall Street Wail Slipper Horn High Life The Mooche Ring Dem Bells Drop Me Off in Harlem East St Louis Toodle-O Cotton Club Stomp Pyramid Cotton Club Stomp Mood Indigo ) Priscilla Baskerville Song Performer ("Creole Love Call") Dorothy Fields (II) songs ( Bandana Babies Diga Diga Doo Doin the New Lowdown ) Jimmy McHugh songs ( Bandana Babies Diga Diga Doo Doin the New Lowdown I Can t Believe that You re in Love with Me When My Sugar Walks Down the Street ) Ethel Beatty Song Performer ("Bandana Babies") Cab Calloway songs ( Minnie the Moocher Lady with the Fan Jitterbug ) Irving Mills songs ( Minnie the Moocher Jitterbug The Mooche Ring Dem Bells Cotton Club Stomp When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Pyramid Mood Indigo ) Jeanne Burns Song ("Lady With the Fan") Al Brackman Song ("Lady With the Fan") Ed Swayze Song ("Jitterbug") Larry Marshall (II) Song Performer ("Minnie the Moocher" "Lady With the Fan" "Jitterbug") Sydney Goldsmith Song Performer ("Barbecue Bess") Ted Koehler (II) songs ( Ill Wind Stormy Weather Trickeration Truckin ) Harold Arlen Song ( Ill Wind Stormy Weather Trickeration ) Gene Austin (II) songs ("How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street") Roy Bergere Song ("How Come You Do Me Like You Do?") Gus Kahn (II) Song ( Nobody s Sweetheart ) Ernie Erdman Song ("Nobody's Sweetheart") Billy Meyers Song ( Nobody s Sweetheart ) Elmer Scoebel Song ("Nobody's Sweetheart") Nick Kenny Song ("Drop Me Off in Harlem") Sunny Clapp Song ("Girl of My Dreams") Andy Razaf Song ( Ain t Misbehavin ) Fats Waller (II) Song ( Ain t Misbehavin ) Harry Brooks Song ( Ain t Misbehavin ) Ned Washington Song ( Smoke Rings ) H. Eugene Gifford Song ("Smoke Rings") Carroll Loveday Song ("That's My Desire") Helmy Kresa Song ("That's My Desire") Clarence Gaskill Song ( I Can t Believe that You re in Love with Me ) Bub Miley Song ("East St Louis Toodle-O") Mitchell Parish (II) Song ( Cotton Club Stomp ) Sam Lewis Song ("Dinah" "Singin' the Blues") Joe Young Song ( Dinah Singin the Blues ) Harry Akst Song ( Dinah Am I Blue ) Con Conrad Song ( Singin the Blues ) J. Russell Robinson Song ( Singin the Blues ) Harry B. Smith Song ( The Sheik of Araby ) Francis Wheeler Song ( The Sheik of Araby ) Ted Snyder Song ( The Sheik of Araby ) Mitchell Parish (II) Song ( Cuban Holiday ) Frank Warshauer Song ("Cuban Holiday") Sylvester Sprigato Song ("Cuban Holiday") Ray Klages Song ("Pardon Me Pretty Baby (Don't I Look Familiar to You?)") Jack Meskill Song ("Pardon Me Pretty Baby (Don't I Look Familiar to You?)") Vincent Rose Song ( Pardon Me Pretty Baby (Don t I Look Familiar to You?) ) Irving Gordon Song ( Pyramid ) Juan Tizol Song ("Pyramid") Benny Davis Song ( Copper Colored Gal ) J. Fred Coots (II) Song ( Copper Colored Gal ) Rube Bloom Song ("Truckin'") John Hodge (II) Song ("Cotton Club Stomp") Harry Carney Song ( Cotton Club Stomp ) Albany Bigard Song ("Mood Indigo") Ballard MacDonald Song ("Back Home Again in Indiana") James F. Hanley Song ("Back Home Again in Indiana") Grant Clarke Song ( Am I Blue ) Irving Caesar (II) Song ( Crazy Rhythm ) Joseph Meyer (II) Song ("Crazy Rhythm") Roger Wolfe Kahn Song ("Crazy Rhythm") A. Seymour Brown Song ("Oh You Beautiful Doll") Nat D. Ayer Song ("Oh You Beautiful Doll") Dave Franklin Song ("Breakin' in a Pair of Shoes") Ned Washington Song ( Breakin in a Pair of Shoes ) Sam Stept Song ("Breakin' in a Pair of Shoes") Maceo Pinkard Song ("Them There Eyes") William Tracey Song ("Them There Eyes") Doris Tauber Song ("Them There Eyes") Louis Armstrong Song ( I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man ) Percy Venable Song ( I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man ) J. Mayo Williams Song ("It Must Be Love") Aletha Robinson Song ("It Must Be Love") Tom Jung (II) music recording Julie Hughes (II) Music Barry Moss Music Norman Hollyn Music Editor Back to Top Choreography Michael Smuin principal choreography Henry LeTang choreography (tap) Gregory Hines choreography (tap improvography) Claudia Asbury choreography George Faison choreography Arthur Mitchell choreography Michael Meacham choreography Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Stan Parks Special Effects Coordinator Conrad V. Brink Jr Special Effects Back to Top Physical Effects Vic Magnotta (II) Stunt Coordinator Bill Burton Stunt Coordinator (special effects unit) Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Ken Goss Key Grip Back to Top Publicity Tom Miller (II) publicist Back to Top Props Jimmy Raitt Props Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Warren Vache cornet coach Edward V. Padula Production Consultant Milton Forman Production Consultant Norma Jean Darden research consultant Maurice Hines Sr research consultant Howard Johnson (II) research consultant Daniel R. Suhart Dialogue Coach Gordon Jacoby Dialogue Coach Anthony Clavet visual consultant Ralph Cooper Sr special consultant Ralph Cooper II consultant associate Back to Top Below The Line Harold Michelson (II) production illustrator Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Nelson Entertainment Video Distributor K-Tel Video Video Distributor Orion Pictures Theatrical Distributor Rank Film Distributors Ltd Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom) Back to Top Other Companies USFX/Colossal Pictures title design USFX/Colossal Pictures title photography DMG Entertainment Distribution Sales (international) Back to Top