Stompin' at the Savoy


2h 1992

Brief Synopsis

Four black women move to New York from North Carolina in 1939 to work as live-in domestics. In order to forget their troubles, they go dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Release Date
1992
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Four black women move to New York from North Carolina in 1939 to work as live-in domestics. In order to forget their troubles, they go dancing at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.

Crew

Alan Aldridge

Assistant Camera Operator

Debbie Allen

Choreographer

Karolyn Austen-pavorotney

Script Supervisor

Vanessa Banks

Other

Norm Baron

Production Designer

Robbie Beck

Property Master

Peter Bentley

Sound Mixer

Cynthia L Brown

Other

Marie Carter

Makeup

John Crutchman

Other

Sterfon Demings

Hair

Donna Dockstader

Casting

Donna Dockstader

Casting Director

Cisco Drayton

Other

Ramon Engle Jr.

Key Grip

Jim Ferrell

Set Decorator

Michael O Gallant

Producer

Michael O Gallant

Production Manager

Edgar Godineaux

Other

Thomas Halstead

Other

Jennifer Hammond-moranz

Other

Terrance Hart

Production Coordinator

G Q Hayes

Other

Ken S Johnson

Music Editor

Tyhm Kennedy

Other

Maria Leone

Other

David W Macdonald

Construction Coordinator

Isidore Mankofsky

Director Of Photography

Frank Manning

Choreographer

Robert Masamitsu

Editor

Marilyn Matthews

Costume Designer

Richard Maynard

Executive Producer

Mick Mcneeley

Gaffer

Norma Miller

Choreographer

Brad Moranz

Other

Frances Morgan-chapman

Other

Wil Parker

Other

Patsy Rainey

Costume Supervisor

David Robertson

Other

Eartha Robinson

Other

Michelle Robinson

Other

Mark Sadusky

Editor

John Saviano

Production Supervisor

Beverly M Sawyer

Screenplay

Randolph Scott

Other

Phillip Seretti

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ron Servicky

Location Manager

John W. Simmons

Camera Operator

Allysia Sneed

Other

Bambia Swayze

Other

Robbin Tasha-ford

Other

Keith L Thomas

Other

Sergio Trujillo

Other

Joel Tuber

Assistant Director

Harold Wheeler

Music Supervisor

Harold Wheeler

Music

Cyndie Williams

Assistant Director

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Release Date
1992
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States April 12, 1992

Loosely based on the the lives of the screenwriter's mother, Mary Odom Sawyer, and her sisters.

Began shooting January 6, 1992.

Completed shooting January 28, 1992.