West Side Memories
Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leonard Bernstein's score-making processes.
Cast
Saul Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Jerome Robbins
Self (1960 interview) (voice) (archive footage)
Stephen Sondheim
Self
Hal Prince
Self (as Hal Prince)
Richard Beymer
Self
Robert Wise
Self
Daniel L. Fapp
Self (archive footage)
Bert Michaels
Self
Rita Moreno
Self
Harvey Evans
Self (as Harvey Hohnecker)
Arthur Laurents
Self
Walter Mirisch
Self
Tony Mordente
Self
Robert Banas
Self
Russ Tamblyn
Self