Descriptive Summary: 1145f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 540f., b&w

Copyright: 1949

Corporate Creator: Castle Films

Producer:

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Performer(s): Buddy Rich and His Orchestra, Louis DePron, The Mello-Larks, Terry Gibbs

Song Title(s):

1. "One O'Clock Boogie"

2. "So Long, Joe", solo by Gibbs

3. "Let's Get Away From It All", vocals by the Mello-Larks

4. "John Had the Number", solo by Gibbs

5. "But No Nickel", vocals by Rich, dance by Rich and DePron

6. "Not So Quiet, Please"

Descriptive Summary: 305f., b&w, excerpts from 491.130 including:

Copyright: 1949

Corporate Creator: Castle Films

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Buddy Rich and His Orchestra, Louis DePron, The Mello-Larks, Terry Gibbs

Song Title(s):

1. "Let's Get Away From It All", vocals by the Mello-Larks

2. "John Had the Number", solo by Gibbs

3. "But No Nickel", vocals by Rich, dance by Rich and DePron

Descriptive Summary: 225f., b&w, excerpts from 491.130 including:

Copyright: 1949

Corporate Creator: Castle Films

Producer:

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Performer(s): Buddy Rich and His Orchestra, Louis DePron, The Mello-Larks, Terry Gibbs

Song Title(s):

1. "One O'Clock Boogie"

2. "So Long, Joe", solo by Gibbs

3. "Not So Quiet, Please"

Descriptive Summary: 218f., b&w

Copyright: 1938

Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers and Vitaphone

Director: Roy Mack

Performer(s): Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Lee Wiley

Song Title(s):

1. "Carolina in the Morning", vocals by Wiley

2. "Two Little Girls in One", unidentified female dance team

3. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", vocals by Wiley

4. "Jail House Blues", unidentified male/female dance team

Descriptive Summary: 380f., b&w, a night club scene, excerpts from an unidentified motion picture

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Performer(s): Woody Herman and His Orchestra, personnel: Billy Bauer - guitar, Chubby Jackson - bass, Dave Tough - drums, Serge Chaloff - baritone sax, Shorty Rogers, Pete Condoli - trumpets, Bill Harris - trombone, Marge Hyams or Red Norvo - vibes, Frances Wayne (?) vocals

Song Title(s):

1. "Wild Root"

2. "Rock-a-Bye Boogie", vocals by Wayne

3. "Who Dat Up Dere", vocals by

4. "Blowin' Up a Storm", solos by Norvo, Charloff

420f., b&w, an Ernie Smith composite reel:

1. Unidentified

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Universal International

Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Will Cowan

Descriptive Summary: a younger orchestra, outdoor setting

Performer(s): Woody Herman and orchestra

Song Title(s):

a. "Sabre Dance"

b. "Caledonia", unidentified vocals

c. "Apple Honey"

2. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: a different, possibly earlier group

Performer(s): Woody Herman, Terry Gibbs, Serege Chaloff, Bill Harris and others

Song Title(s):

a. Unidentified, vocals by Herman, and two unidentified males, solos by Gibbs, Chaloff and Harris

b. Unidentified, clarinet solo by Herman

Descriptive Summary: 285f., b&w, excerpt, the "Mr. Beebe" production number from the motion picture

Copyright: 1944

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures

Producer:

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Performer(s): Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Ann Miller, Harold Nicholas

Song Title(s):

1. "Mr. Beebe"

Descriptive Summary: 288f., b&w, first two numbers presented in the style of a burnt-cork minstrel show

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: released by Comedy House

Producer: Robert M. Savini

Director:

Performer(s): Scott & Whaley, Nina Mae McKinney, Debroy Somers and His Band, the Eight Black Streaks, etc.

Song Title(s):

1. "Camptown Races"

2. "When I Marry Louisiana Lou"

3. "I'm in Love With the Band", vocals by McKinney

Descriptive Summary: 337f., b&w, numbers presented in burnt-cork minstrel show fashion

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Pictorial Films

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Benny Fields, Judy Clark and unidentified others

Song Title(s):

1. "Sunshine Special"

2. "Remember Me to Carolina"

3. "Cindy"

4. Unidentified instrumental dance number

5. "My Bamboo Cane"

Descriptive Summary: 386f., b&w, excerpt from the motion picture short, missing "Everything I've Got Belongs to You", "Memories of You" and "Black Maria"

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone, Warner Brothers

Director: Roy Mack

Performer(s): Nina Mae McKinney, the Nicholas Brothers, Eubie Blake and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

1. "Blackbird Pie", vocals by McKinney

2. "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You", Blake and the orchestra

3. "China Boy", dance by the Nicholas Brothers

Descriptive Summary: 677f., b&w, an excerpt, the Nicholas Brothers dance routine "Lucky Numbers" is missing from this footage.

Copyright: 1936

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone, Warner Brothers

Director: Roy Mack

Performer(s): Nina Mae McKinney, the Nicholas brothers, the Washboard Serenaders, Emmett "Babe" Wallace, Amanda Randolph, Bill 'Basement' Brown

Song Title(s):

1. "Without a Word of Warning", vocals by Wallace

2. "Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)", Washboard Serenaders

3. "St. Louis Blues", Washboard Serenaders

4. "Half of Me Wants to be Good", vocals by McKinney

5. "Something Must Be Wrong With Me", vocals by Randolph

6. "Walkin' With My Sugar on Sugar Hill", vocals by Wallace

Descriptive Summary: 510f., b&w

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Vernon Keays

Performer(s): Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra, Joe Sullivan on piano, Jo Stafford, the Pied Pipers, Lillian Cornell, Jimmy Cash, tenor

Song Title(s):

1. Unidentified instrumental

2. "Stars and Violins", vocals by Cornell

3. "A Dream Ago", vocals by Cash

4. "Basin Street Blues", vocals by Teagarden

5. "Sunday, That One Day When I'm With You", vocals by The Pied Pipers

6. "Let's Live Again", vocals by Cornell and Cash

7. "Fort Knox Jump", instrumental

Descriptive Summary: 440f., b&w, There is no Jack Teagarden footage on this reel, possibly excised and used elsewhere.

Copyright: 1949

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Will Cowan

Performer(s): (as announced), the orchestras of, Henry Busse, Sonny Dunham, Stan Kenton, Frankie Masters, Harry Owens, Louis Prima, Jack Teagarden

Song Title(s):

1. "Artistry in Rhythm", Kenton; Shelly Mann, Eddie Szafranski

2. "Stompin' at the Savoy", Masters

3. "Mandolins and Waikiki", Owens with unidentified male vocalist

4. Unidentified instrumental, Busse, Chubby Jackson on bass

5. "That Old Black Magic", vocals and trumpet solo by Prima

6. Unidentified instrumental, Dunham

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Descriptive Summary: reel 1: 1285f., reel 2: 1290f., reel 3: 990f., b&w

Copyright: 1961

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures

Producer: John Cassavetes

Director: John Cassavetes

Performer(s): Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Milt Bernhart, Benny Carter, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, ? Rasey, Jimmy Rowles

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Descriptive Summary: 922f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 1210f., b&w, an excerpt from the full-length motion-picture

Copyright: 1934

Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers

Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Director: Ray Enright

Performer(s): Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 142f., b&w

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures, "Film Vodvil" Series 1, Number 2

Director: Harry Foster

Performer(s): Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Laurel Watson

Song Title(s):

1. "I Love My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Me [Things Ain't What They Used to Be], vocals by Vinson

2. "Giddap Mule", vocals by Watson

Descriptive Summary: 355f., b&w, appears to be a composite reel created by Ernie Smith

Performer(s): Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, the Douglas Brothers, the Lindy Hoppers, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Laurel Watson

Song Title(s):

1. Unidentified instrumental

2. "I Love My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Me [Things Ain't What They Used to Be], vocals by Vinson

3. Unidentified tune, acrobatic dances by the Douglas Brothers

4. "Giddap Mule", vocals by Watson

5. Unidentified tune, dances by the Lindy Hoppers

Descriptive Summary: 503f., b&w, A fashion show is set to music.

Copyright: 1940

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Larry Ceballos

Performer(s): Wingy Manone and His Orchestra, The Fashionaires, Cathryn Miller, Alphonse Berge, Maxine Grey, Larry Blake

Song Title(s):

1. "Fashions in Swing"

2. "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", ocarina quartet and vocals

3. Unidentified instrumental, an unknown clothes designer "creates" a dress on a model. This continues with three more models

4. "Sing, Sing, Sing", unidentified female vocalist

5. Comedy routine

6. "Love is the Fashion", unidentified female vocalist sings during a fashion show

7. "I Love Coffee, I Love Tea", ocarina quartet

Descriptive Summary: 590f., b&w, an Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. "Organ Grinders Swing", Temple and Robinson dance together, an excerpt from ?

2. Broadway Melody of 1940

Copyright: 1940

Corporate Creator: MGM

Producer: Jack Cummings

Director: Norman Taurog

Performer(s): Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell

Song Title(s):

a. "Jukebox Dance" Powell and Astaire dance

b. "Begin the Beguine", Powell and Astaire dance (see also 491.3-2-5)

Descriptive Summary: 225f., b&w, a production number from the movie, unidentified instrumental

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: United Artists

Producer: Andrew L. Stone

Director: Andrew L. Stone

Performer(s): Eleanor Powell, 12 female acrobatic dances and one dancing horse

Descriptive Summary: 110f., b&w, three couples dance to an unidentified instrumental number

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Director: Lesley Manning

Performer(s): The Lindy Hoppers

Descriptive Summary: 117f., b&w, Murray instructs couples on how to dance The Shag.

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Corporate Creator: 20^th Century Fox

Producer: Al Christie

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Performer(s): Arthur Murray and His Shag Dancers

Descriptive Summary: 160f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 773f., b&w

Copyright: 1934

Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Corporation

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Director: Roy Mack

Performer(s): Bill Robinson, Muriel Rahn, Hattie Noel

Song Title(s):

1. "Bill Robinson's Stomp", Robinson vocals and dance

2. "Love Locked Out", vocals by Rahn

3. "Old Folks at Home", dance by Robinson

4. "Old Black Joe", dance by Robinson

5. "Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)", dance by Robinson

6. "(There Are) Smiles", dance by Robinson

7. "Got the Jitters", vocals by Noel

8. "Harlem Honeymoon", group number

Descriptive Summary: 684f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 360f., color

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Descriptive Summary: 985f., b&w, A tv pilot in search of a sponsor, night club setting with a jazz band. Pitches for sponsors are interspersed with the musical numbers.

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Producer: Shepherd Trowel (sp?)

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Performer(s): narrated by William B. Williams, Roy Eldridge, tp; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Johnny Guarnieri, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Milt Hinton, b; Cozy Cole, d; Carol Stephens, vocalist

Song Title(s):

1. "Lover Man", Hawkins solo

2. "Sunday", Eldridge solo

3. "Taking a Chance on Love", Eldridge solo, vocals by Stpehens

4. "Just You, Just Me", vocals by Stephens and Eldridge

Descriptive Summary: 1362f., b&w

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Corporate Creator: Vogue International

Producer: Edgar and Georges Roulleau

Performer(s): Sidney Bechet, Nelson Williams, Claude Luter, Michel Attenoux

Song Title(s):

1. A Dixie number, Luter and orchestra

2. "St. Louis Blues", Bechet with Luter's orchestra

3. "When the Saints Go Marching In", Williams with Luter's orchestra

4. "Royal Garden Blues", Bechet

5. "Unidentified number

6. Another Dixie number, Attenoux

7. Unidentified number, Bechet with Luter's orchestra

Descriptive Summary: 917f., color, Filmed on location at the Newport Jazz Festival in color, but much has been cut from the concert.

Copyright: 1970?

Corporate Creator: Festfilms, Inc, sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.

Producer: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker

Director: George Wein and Sidney J. Starker

Performer(s): George Wein, mc; Louis Armstrong, v, tp; Mahalia Jackson, v; Dizzy Gillespie, v, tp; Ray Nance, v, tp; Bobby Hackett, tp; Tyree Glenn, tb; Benny Morton, tb; Dave McKenna, p; Jack Lesberg, b; Eureka Brass Band, Preservation Hall Band

Song Title(s):

1. "Hello Dolly", vocals by Armstrong

2. "Confessin'", vocals by Gillespie

3. "I'm in the Market for You", vocals by Nance

4. "Thanks a Million", Hackett

5. "Pennies from Heaven", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Hackett

6. "Blueberry Hill", vocals by Armstrong, instrumental solo by Glenn

7. "Sleepy Time Down South"

8. Unidentified number by the Eureka Brass Band

9. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee", vocals by Jackson

10. "Mack the Knife", Armstrong, Hackett, Eureka Brass Band

12. "Sleepy Time Down South", Eureka Brass Band

Descriptive Summary: 1040f., b&w, A New Year's Eve party on a riverboat with Count Basie and His Orchestra.

Copyright: 1965

Performance Date: December 31, 1965

Producer John Weaver

Director: John Weaver

Performer(s): Count Basie and His Orchestra, Eddie Davis, ts; Richard Boone, Lamont Washington

Song Title(s):

1. Medium tempo blues (Neal Hefti composition), Davis, ts

2. "Cherry Point", (Neal Hefti)

3. "Blues in ---- Flat", (Frank Foster)

4. Scat vocals by Boone

5. "Vine Street Ramble", (Benny Carter)

6. "Sunny", vocals by Washington

7. "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

8. "One O'Clock Jump"

Descriptive Summary: 280f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 528f., b&w, an excerpt from Garland's 1963-64 CBS television show

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Corporate Creator: Kingsrow Productions

Producer: George Schlatter

Director:

Performer(s): Judy Garland

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 475f., b&w

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Producer Mark Marvin

Director: Hans Burger

Performer(s): Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson and His Band

Song Title(s):

1. "Boogie Woogie Dream"

2. "Unlucky Woman", vocals by Horne

Descriptive Summary: 540f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 818f., b&w

Copyright: 1952

Performance Date:

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Performer(s): Billy Daniels, Jimmy Blaine

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 940f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 520f., b&w

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Corporate Creator: Pepsi Cola, Inc.

Producer:

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Performer(s): Fay Emerson

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 620f., b&w, an excerpt from the motion-picture of the same name

Copyright: 1947

Corporate Creator: Herald Pictures

Producer: Jack Goldberg, Arthur H. Leonard

Director: Arthur H. Leonard

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Descriptive Summary: 655f., b&w, a television show

Copyright: 1963

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Performer(s): George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 713f., b&w

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures

Producer: George Templeton

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Descriptive Summary: 585f., b&w

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Descriptive Summary: 848f., b&w, excerpts from the movie of the same name

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: MGM

Producer: Arthur Freed

Director: Vincent Minelli

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Descriptive Summary: 655f., b&w, excerpts from the motion-picture of the same name

Copyright: 1948

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures

Producer: Grant Whytock

Director: Gordon Douglas

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Descriptive Summary: 1050f.

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Corporate Creator: PBS and KQED

Producer: Ralph J. Gleason

Director:

Performer(s): Woody Herman and the Swingin' Herd with Nat Pierce (p and arr.); Bill Chase, tp; Sal Nestico, ts; Phil Wilson, tb

Song Title(s):

1. "Molasses", solos by Chase and Nestico

2. "El Torro Grande", solo by Nestico

3. "Lonesome Old Town", solo by Wilson

4. "That's Where It Is", solo by Pierce

5. "Closer", solos by all three tenors

Descriptive Summary: An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Juanita Pitz: tapper

2. Beat Me Daddy

Descriptive Summary: An unidentified female dancer dances to the tune.

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Maurico Rocco

Song Title(s): "Beat Me Daddy"

3. Peggy Ryan/Ray McDonald , dancers

4. Harry Roy's Floor Show , excerpt

Copyright: 1952

Corporate Creator: RCM Productions, Inc./Soundies

Performer(s): Harry Roy's Line of Nimble Nifties, Harry Roy's Popular Orchestra

Song Title(s):

a. Unidentified tune, two female dancers

b. Unidentified tune, two male dancers, one in black face

5. Frankie Carle: "Roses in the Rain"

6. House on 52^nd Street , excerpt

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Soundies

Producer: William Forest Crouch

Director: William Forest Crouch

Performer(s): Henry (Red) Allen and His Band with J.C. Higginbotham

Song Title(s): "House on 52^nd Street", vocals by Allen

7. "Lonesome Road",

Performer(s): Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Lonesome Road", vocals by Tharpe, unidentified dance troupe

8. "Don't Talk Me to Death"

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Official Films, Inc.

Performer(s): June Richmond, Roy Milton Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Don't Talk Me to Death", vocals by Richmond

9. "Jumpin' at the Juke Box"

Copyright: 1943

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator: Official Films, Inc.

Performer(s): Sam Donahue and His Orchestra, unidentified female vocalist

Song Title(s): "Jumpin' at the Juke Box"

10. "Sing, Sing, Sing"

Copyright: 1944

Performer(s): Wingy Manone and His Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Sing, Sing, Sing"

Descriptive Summary: An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Rhapsody in Wood,

Copyright: 1947

Corporate Creator: Paramount, A Favorite Films Release

Director: George Pal

Performer(s): Woody Herman and His Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Blue Flame"

Descriptive Summary: a cartoon featuring the music of Woody Herman and His Orchestra

2. Jasper's Minstrels

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: UM & M TV Corp.

Producer: George Pal

Director: George Pal

Song Title(s):

1. "Polly Wolly Doodle All Day"

b. "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"

c. "Dixie"

Descriptive Summary: The Dixie Minstrels perform a dark-face minstrel show.

3. A Date with Duke

Copyright: 1947

Corporate Creator: UM & M TV Corp.

Producer: George Pal

Director: George Pal

Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Perfume Suite"

Descriptive Summary: A cartoon featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

Descriptive Summary: Feather explains what the Blues are and aren't, includes the Duke Ellington Orchestra performing "Frankie and Johnny" (see 491.20). Also includes Maxine Sullivan perfrorming "St. Louis Blues" from Birth of the Blues (1939) and "Route 66" performed by the King Cole Trio from King Cole and His Trio (1950).

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Descriptive Summary: includes a brief tribute to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie including Gillespie's "bop" singing.

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Song Title(s):

1. "Lemon Drop", performed by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, vocals by Frank Rossolino, from Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1948)

2. " Lolly Pop", Woody Herman and His Orchestra, vocals by Shorty Rogers and Terry Gibbs from The Herman Herd (1950)

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Song Title(s):

1. "Tiger Rag", from Birth of the Blues (1941)

2. "Muskrat Ramble", Kid Ory and His Orchestra, an excerpt from a 1950 Sarah Vaughan, Herb Jeffries film, personnel: Teddy Buckner, tp; Joe Darensberg, cl; Ed Garland, b; Kid Ory, tb; unidentified, p; Minor Hall, dm

3. "Jubilee", vocals by Louis Armstrong, from Every Day's

Descriptive Summary: An overview of New Orleans jazz, with mention of "Negro rhythms", work songs, spirituals and gospels, French and Creole influences, Bechet, Ory, Morton, funeral marches, King Oliver, Original Dixieland Jazz Band. "Tiger Rag" is attributed to Nick LaRocca.

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Song Title(s):

1. "Temptation", Red Norvo (vibes), with Tal Farlow (g), and Red Mitchell (b), from Jimmy Dorsey Varieties (1952) (see 491.56) Hickory House is cited; Norvo had played there earlier.

2. "Loch Lomond", Maxine Sullivan from Birth of the Blues (1939). She had sung at the Onyx as had Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan who are also mentioned.

Descriptive Summary: A tribute to jazz trumpeters, citing Buddy Bolden, Bunk Johnson, Joe Oliver and Louis Armstrong as pioneers.

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Song Title(s):

1. "Jubilee", Louis Armstrong (see 491.177.3), excerpt

2. "Singin' the Blues", Bix and Tram, excerpt

3. "I Can't Get Started", Bunny Berigan, excerpt

4. "And the Angels Sing", Ziggy Elman with the Benny Goodman Orchestra

5. Unidentified title, Buck Clayton and Harry Edison, with Count Basie Orchestra

6. Unidentified title, Clark Terry Quartet

7. "March of the Brave Bulls", Harry James, from Harry James and the Music Makers (1953)

Descriptive Summary: remnants of other reels from the Feather on Jazz series

Copyright: 1967

Corporate Creator: Universal Studios, distributed by MCA-TV

Performer(s): hosted by Leonard Feather

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford: "It Started All Over Again"

2. Will Bradley with Ray McKinley, v and d; Freddy Slack, p: "Barnyard Bounce", 1941

3. The Modernaires: "Juke Box Saturday Night", 1944, Official Films

4. "Count Me In", (36-24)

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Producer: Minoco Productions, Inc.

Performer(s): Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra, vocals by Buddy Stewart and Martha Wayne

Descriptive Summary:

5. Wingy Manone: "Ja-Da", 1942

6. Wingy Manone's Mardi Gras Band: "When the Saints Go Marching In"

7. Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra: "Sing it Again"

8. Mamie Smith: "Jail House Blues", 1929

9. Will Bradley and His Six Texas Hot Dogs: "Basin Street Boogie", Ray McKinley v and d; jitterbuggers

10. Unidentified group: "Ride Red Ride"

Descriptive Summary: An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Pola Negri sings

2. Gertrude Niessen

3. Shadow Waltz

4. 76 Trombones

Descriptive Summary: An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Nautical and Nice: A Musical Review

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Bob Kennedy and the Seashore Sweeties

Song Title(s): "She Looks Cute in Her Bathing Suit", vocals by Kennedy

2. Minnie the Mermaid

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Redd Harper and Julianne Merritt

Song Title(s): "Minnie the Mermaid", vocals by a male chorus

3. Treasure Chest

Copyright: 1945

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Fred Scott and crystal White

Song Title(s): "Treasure Chest"

4. Music With Spice Reel Four - Blushing Bride

Performer(s): Jack Gately

Song Title(s): "Blushing Bride" sung by an unidentified male trio

5. I'd Love to Know You Better

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Gayle Mellott and Ralph Young

Song Title(s): "I'd Love to Know You Better"

6. Dance of Shame

Performer(s): Faith Bacon

7. Music With Spice Reel Five - Who's Yehoodi?

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Lane Truesdale

Song Title(s): "Who's Yehoodi?", performed by an unidentified male trio and Truesdale

8. There'll Be Some Changes Made

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Ginger Harmon

Song Title(s): "There'll Be Some Changes Made", vocals by Harmon

9. Artist Model

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Sally Rand

Song Title(s): unidentified string composition

10. Music With Spice Reel Six - Give This Little Girl a Great Big Hand

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Ann Pennington and unidentified others

Song Title(s): "Give This Little Girl a Great Big Hand"

11. But What Are These?

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Grace Barrie

Song Title(s): "But What Are These?", vocals by Barrie

12. A Lady With Fans

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Faith Bacon

Descriptive Summary: a fan dance

Descriptive Summary: An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Sunny Dunham in Sleepy Lagoon

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Sunny Dunham and Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Sleepy Lagoon", vocals by an unidentified male vocalist

2. Glen Gray's Orchestra in Sentimental Journey

Performer(s): Glen Gray and His Orchestra, unidentified male/female vocal duo

Song Title(s): "Sentimental Journey"

3. Dining Sisters in Winter Wonderland

Performer(s): The Three Dining Sisters

Song Title(s): "Winter Wonderland"

4. Whispering

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Bob Kennedy

Song Title(s): "Whispering", vocals by Kennedy

5. Blue Moon featuring Wendy Bishop

Performer(s): Wendy Bishop

Song Title(s): "Blue Moon", vocals by Bishop

6. My Blue Heaven starring Harry Cool

Performer(s): Harry Cool, male vocalist

Song Title(s): My Blue Heaven

7. Number Ten Lullaby Lane featuring Marlyn Stuart

Performer(s): Marlyn Stuart, female vocalist

Song Title(s): Number Ten Lullaby Lane

8. A Lover Is Blue

Performer(s): Tommy Reynolds and His Orchestra, Phyllis Lane

Song Title(s): A Lover is Blue, vocals by Lane

9. Penthouse Serenade

Performer(s) Johnny Downs and Gale Storm

Song Title(s): "Penthouse Serenade"

10. Sweet and Lovely starring Harry Cool

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): Harry Cool

Song Title(s): "Sweet and Lovely", vocals by Cool

11. I'll See You in My Dreams

Performer(s): Bob Kennedy

Song Title(s): "I'll See You in My Dreams", vocals by Kennedy

12. Moon Over Miami

Performer(s): Dean Hudson and His Orchestra

Song Title: "Moon Over Miami", vocals by Hudson

Description: Appears to be a French concert or night club performance by Peterson and his trio, band and guests. NOT A SOUNDIE

Performer(s): Oscar Peterson and His Orchestra, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Simms, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Louie Bellson and Ray Charles; commentary by Norman Granz

Song Title(s):

1. "Sweet Lorraine", vocals by Peterson

2. "Take the A Train", full orchestra, Clark Terry, flugelhorn solo

3. "I'll Be Home", vocals and piano by Charles

4. Unidentified, Charles and Peterson piano duet

5. Unidentified, Peterson, Ellis and Brown

6. Unidentified, Peterson, Ellis and Brown

7. "JATP Jam Session", intro by Granz, all of the above performers except Charles

8. "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening", vocals and piano by Peterson

An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. "Deep Purple"

2. "You'll Have to Swing It"

3. "Vine Street Blues"

4. "Rooftop Frolics"

5. "Song of Renaldo"

An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Johnny Long, "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town"

2. Larry Clinton

3. Will Bradley

An Archives Center compilation reel consisting of,

1. "Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby"

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Performer(s): King Cole Trio and Ida James

2. "This is My Night to Dream"

Performer(s): King Cole Trio

3. "Got a Penny, Benny?"

Copyright: 1946

Performer(s): King Cole Trio

4. "Solid Jive"

Copyright: 1946

Producer: Ben Hersch

Director: Dave Gould

Performer(s): Ray Bauduc and His Orchestra, dances by Charles Whitty, Jr.

5. "Mop, Mop"

Copyright: 1946

Performer(s): Red Allen and His Orchestra

Description: Reverse image

6. Hollywood Variety Parade

Copyright: 1942

Performer(s): Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, unidentified female vocalist

Song Title(s): "My Old Flame"

7. "South Rampart Street Parade"

Performer(s): Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

8. Will Osborn and His Orchestra with Mazine and Marilyn

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator: Cameo Productions

Producer: Sam Coslow

Director: Josef Berne

Performer(s): Will Osborn and His Orchestra, dance by Mazine and Marilyn

Song Title(s): "Stardust"

9. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"

Performer(s): Edna Mae Harris

10. Wingy Manone and His Orchestra

Copyright: 1940

Performer(s): Wingy Manone and His Orchestra

Song Title(s): "I've Got the Blues"

Descriptive Summary: An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Little Black Sambo

Descriptive Summary: Sambo and his pet dog outwit a tiger.

Copyright: 1935

Producer: Celebrity Productions, Inc.

Animator: U. B. Iwerks

2. Krazy Kat - Birth of Jazz

Descriptive Summary: A small creature of some sort dances and plays various musical instruments, which also play themselves. "St. Louis Blues" is performed as it would be played in various ethnic settings which are concurrently parodied including: Spanish bull fight, Russian Cossacks, Dutch, French, African, Statue of Liberty

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Samba Pictures, Screen Gems distributed by Columbia Pictures

Producer: Charles Lantz

Song Title(s): "St. Louis Blues"

3. When It's Sleepy Time Down South,

Descriptive Summary: Cartoon firemen answer a fire call at a the cartoon home of the Boswell Sisters. Then, in person, they sing "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" with the bouncing ball and then back to the cartoon and its conclusion.

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios

Producer: Maz Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): The Boswell Sisters

Song Title(s): "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"

Descriptive Summary: An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. The Old Man of the Mountain

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): Cab Calloway, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s): "Old Man of the Mountain", vocals by Calloway and Questel

2. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): Louis Armstrong, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s): "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You", vocals by Armstrong and Questel

3. Snow White

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): Cab Calloway, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s): "St. James Infirmary Blues", vocals by Calloway and Questel

4. I Heard

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): Don Redman, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s):

a. "I Know a Girl Named Betty Boop", vocals by Redman

b. "How'm I Doing?", vocalsy by Redman

c. "I Heard", vocals by Redman and Questel

5. Rhythm on the Reservation

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): The voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s): "Rhythm on the Reservation", vocals by Questel

Descriptive Summary: 1035f., An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Crosby, Colombo, Vallee - cartoons (Warner)

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

2. Kiko the Kangaroo, "Red Hot Rhythm"

Copyright: 1936?

Corporate Creator: Terrytoons, distributed by 20^th Century Fox

Producer:

Director: Mannie Davis, George Gordon, Paul Terry

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

3. Sliphorn King of Palaroo

Copyright: 1945

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Dick Lundy

Performer(s): Hans Conreid, Jack Teagarden

Song Title(s): "Jackson, Sliphorn King of Paleroo"

4. Congo Jazz

Copyright: 1930

Corporate Creator: Leon Schlesinger Studios, distributed by The Vitaphone Corporation

Producer: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, leon Schlesinger

Director: Hugh Harmon, Rudolf Ising

Performer(s): Rochelle Hudson, Carmen Maxwell

Song Title(s): "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You"

Descriptive Summary: 1635f., An Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Walter Lantz

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

2. Boogie Woogie Man

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Shamus Culhane

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

3. I'm Just a Jitterbug

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz, distributed by Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Alex Lovy

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

4. Jungle Jive

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Shamus Culhane

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w, missing the "Broom Street" number

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers and The Vitaphone Corp.

Director: Jean Negulesco

Performer(s): Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra, Pee Wee Hunt, Clarence Hutchenrider

Song Title(s):

1. "Hep and Happy", unidentified dance team

2. "Purple Moonlight", unidentified female vocalist

3. "Darktown Strutters Ball", vocals by Pee Wee Hunt, Clarence Hutchenrider, cl; "Charlie", tb; "Cork", tp

Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from the movie of the same name

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Ann Miller

Song Title(s): "No Name Jive", dance by Miller

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Arthur Dreifuss

Performer(s): Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra including Clarence Hutchenrider and Pee Wee Hunt; the Pied Pipers, Eugene Baird

Song Title(s):

1. "Smoke Rings"

2. Unidentified up-tempo number

3. "If I'm Blue", unidentified female vocalist

4. "The Little Man With the Hammer", vocals by Hunt

5. "What Can I Say, Dear, After I Say I'm Sorry", the Pied Pipers

6. "Can't Get Stuff in Your Cuff", the Pied Pipers

7. Unidentified up-tempo number

Descriptive Summary: 1080f., an Ernie Smith compilation reel, not all entries are Soundies:

1. Harry the Hipster-Gibson

Copyright: 1944

2. "Eccentric Rag"

Performer(s): Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison on trumpet

3. Hollywood Boogie

Copyright: 1946

Performer(s): unidentified all girl orchestra

Song Title(s): "Chew Chew Your Gumma"

Description: woman conductor with unidentified band, logo on band fronts is a superimposed W and T within a circle

4. Burgundy Street Blues, excerpt

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: The New Orleans Jazz Club

Producer(s): Fred Hatfield and Don Perry

Performer(s): George Lewis Trio (Lewis, cl)

Song Title(s): "Burgundy Street Blues"

Descriptive Summary: New Orleans scenes as the trio plays the title number, but are never seen.

5. "I Lost My Sugar in Salt Lake City"

Copyright: 1944

Performer(s): Wingy Manone and His Orchestra with an unidentified female vocalist

6. Unidentified "boogie woogie" number

Copyright: 1944

Performer(s): Meade Lux Lewis and six dancers

7. Boogie Woogie Dream, excerpt

Descriptive Summary: See also 491.163 and .331, b&w, an excerpt

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Producer Mark Marvin

Director: Hans Burger

Performer(s): Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis, introduced by Lena Horne

Song Title(s): "Boogie Woogie Dream"

8. Chicago and All That Jazz, excerpt

Copyright: 1961

Corporate Creator: NBC Television

Producer: Donald B. Hyatt

Director: James Elson

Performer(s): Mae Barnes

Song Title(s): "Got the Heebie Jeebies"

Description: an excerpt, also see 491.33

9. "Never Underestimate the Power of Woman"

Performer(s): sung by an unidentified female vocal group

10. Maxine Sullivan in 'Some of These Days'

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Maxine Sullivan

Song Title(s): "Some of These Days"

Descriptive Summary: 1075f., an Ernie Smith compilation reel, not all entries are Soundies:

1. "If You Only Knew"

Performer(s): Valaida Snow & Ali Baba Trio, (g, b, accordion)

2. Patience and Fortitude

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: MGM

Producer: Ben Hersh

Director: Dave Gould

Performer(s): Valiada Snow with the Ali Baba Trio

Song Title(s): "Patience and Fortitude"

3. Mama, I Want to Make Rhythm

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Soundies

Producer: William Forest Crouch

Director: William Forest Crouch

Performer(s): Patterson and Jackson

Song Title(s): "Mama, I Want to Make Rhythm"

4. Rug Cutters Holiday

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: L.O.L. Productions, Inc.

Performer(s): Freddie Slap Snap and Flo Happy Snappy, male dance team

Song Title(s): "Struttin' With Some Barbecue", instrumental

5. Pudgy Boy

Copyright: 1942

Descriptive Summary: Male "scat" singer sings in an exercise room setting with female admirers accompanied by a big band.

6. Unidentified Movie Excerpt

Copyright: 1944

Performer(s): Delta Rhythm Boys

Song Title(s): "Is You or Is You Ain't My Baby"

7. Unidentified Movie Excerpt

Performer(s): The Four Spirits of Rhythm introduced as "Tom Tom the elevator man and his comrades in rhythm . . . ."

Song Title(s): "Tom, Tom"

8. "He's a Real Gone Guy"

Performer(s): Nellie Lutcher

9. "Papa Niccolini"

Copyright: 1942

Performer(s): Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra, unidentified male vocalist

Song Title(s): "Papa Niccolini"

10. Bundle of Blues

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, dances by Bessie Dudley and Florence Hall Dudley

Song Title(s): "Bugle Call Rag"

Descriptive Summary: See also 491.28, an excerpt from the movie of the same name, POOR COPY.

Descriptive Summary: 710f.

Copyright: 1934

Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures/The Vitaphone Corporation, "A Van Beuren Production", Sack Amusement Enterprises

Associate Producer: Meyer Davis

Director: Leigh Jason

Performer(s): Ethel Waters, The Southernaires, Hamtree Harrington, Frank Wilson, Rosamund Johnson Choir

Song Title(s):

1. "Takin' Your Time", vocals by Waters

2. "When You Hang Your Hat", the Southernaires

3. "Darkies Never Dream, They Must Laugh and Sing All Day", vocals by Waters

4. "Company's Comin' Tonight", the Southernaires

5. "I Can See St. Peter"

Descriptive Summary: 579f., an excerpt from the full length motion picture

Copyright: 1948

Corporate Creator: All American

Producer: E.M. Glucksman

Director: Josh Binney

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: (Stars Over Harlem - Harlem Review #4, (9-6))

Copyright: 1955

Perfomer(s): Master of Ceremonies Willie Bryant and Nipsy Russell, Count Basie, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Nat Cole, Mantan Moreland, unidentified male tap dancer

Song Title(s)

1. "Basie's Conversation", Count Baise Combo

2. "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Big Joe Turner and Big Band

3. "Good Bye", Martha Davis and string bass

4. "Little Buck", unidentified male tap dancer and orchestra

5. "Calypso Blues", vocals by Nat Cole

6. Comedy routine between Mantan Moreland and Nipsy Russell

7. "One O'Clock Jump", Count Basie Combo including Buddy DeFranco

Descriptive Summary: 810f., An Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Buddy Guy and B.B. King before a live audience, French language announcer.

a. "I've Got My Eyes on You", electric guitar and vocals by Guy

b. Unidentified instrumental, Guy

c. "If You Would Let Me Love You", electric guitar and vocals by King

d. Unidentified instrumental, King

2. "Jazz Diffusion presented Autour d'une Trompette avec Roy Eldridge, Claude Bolling, Don Byas" a night club setting, with shots of trumpet being handcrafted and assembled

a. Unidentified instrumental

b. Unidentified blues number with female vocals

c. Unidentified up-tempo instrumental

Descriptive Summary: 645f., b&w

Copyright: 1945

Corporate Creator: distributed by All American Pictures

Producer:

Director: Bud Pollard

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Larry Cebellos

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w, short

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Reginald Le Borg

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 625f., b&w, an excerpt

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures

Producer: Adolph Zukor

Director: Frank Tuttle

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 690f., b&w, short

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers and The Vitaphone Corporation

Associate Producer: Gordon Hollingshead

Director:

Performer(s): Ruby Keeler, James Cagney, and others, narrated by Owen Crump

Music and Lyrics: Harry Warren, Al Dubin; Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal

Song Title(s):

1. "Don't Say Goodnight" from Wonderbar

2. "Lullaby of Broadway" from The Gold Diggers

3. "The Shadow Waltz" from The Gold Diggers

4. "By a Waterfall" from Footlight Parade

5. "Shanghai Lil" from Footlight Parade, with James Cagney, Ruby Keeler

Descriptive Summary: 544f., b&w

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures

Associate Producer: Will Cowan

Director: Lewis D. Collins

Performer(s): Matty Malneck and His Orchestra, Connie Haines, The Smart Set

Song Title(s):

1. Unidentified instrumental

2. "A Touch of Texas", vocals by Haines

3. "Let's Go to the Calliakaboo", vocals by The Smart Set

4. Unidentified instrumental, Malneck on violin

5. "Are You Sleeping, Brother John", vocals by The Smart Set

6. "Little Brown Jug", vocals by Haines

7. "Running Wild", instrumental

Descriptive Summary: 740f., an Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Listen to Larry

Copyright: 1950

Corporate Creator: UM&M TV Corp.

Producer:

Director: Leslie Roush

Performer(s): Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, Terry Allen, Helen Southern, Jimmy Curry

Song Title(s):

a. "The Dipsy Doodle"

b. "Study in Surrealism"

c. "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair", vocals by Allen

d. "What's the Matter with Me?", vocals by Southern

e. "Well, All Right!", vocals by Curry and Southern

2. Larry Clinton and His Orchestra

Copyright: 1938

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone Corporation and Warner Brothers

Producer:

Director: Lloyd French

Performer(s): Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, Carol Burce, Bob Robinson, Virginia Martin

Song Title(s):

a. "The Dipsy Doodle"

b. "College Humor", vocals by Bruce

c. "Satin Takes a Holiday", dance

d. "Stop and Reconsider", vocals by Bruce

e. "Military Ma . . . ?"

Descriptive Summary: (Louis Armstrong All-Stars: Solo Flight), 910f.

Copyright: 1965

Producer: Howard H. Lipstone

Director: Jorn Winther

Performer(s): Louis Armstrong (tp), Tyree Glenn (tb, vibes), Buster Bailey (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Buddy Catlett (b), Danny Barcelona (d)

Song Title(s):

1. "Sleepy Time Down South", vocals by Armstrong

2. "Struttin' With Some Barbeque"

3. "There are Chicks"

4. "Avalon", Glenn on vibes

5. "Be Mine", vocals by Brown

6. "Mack the Knife", Armstrong tp and v

7. "Closer", unidentified instrumental

Descriptive Summary: 1875', b&w

Copyright:

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 770f., b&w

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Producer:

Director: Leslie Roush

Performer(s): Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Buddy Rich on drums, Helen Forrest

Song Title(s):

1. Opening theme

2. "I Have Eyes", vocals by Forrest

3. "Shoot the Liquor to Me, John Boy"

Descriptive Summary: b&w, an excerpt from the short film of the same name

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone and Warner Brothers

Producer:

Director: Joseph Henabery

Performer(s): Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Tony Pastor, Helen Forrest

Song Title(s):

1. Unidentified

2. "Jeepers Creepers", vocals by Pastor, Shaw and His Orchestra

3. "Deep Purple", vocals by Forrest, Shaw and His Orchestra INCOMPLETE

Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from the movie of the same name

Copyright: 1940

Corporate Creator: Astor Pictures Corporation & Paramount Pictures

Producer: Boris Morros

Director: H.C. Potter

Performer(s): Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Billy Butterfield on trumpet

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w, excerpt, clip is probably from 491.206-2

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone and Warner Brothers

Producer:

Director: Joseph Henabery

Performer(s): Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Buddy Rich on drums, jitterbugs

Song Title(s): "Lady Be Good", Rich on drums, jitterbugs

Descriptive Summary: 750f., an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. "Georgia On My Mind"

Copyright:

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Jack Teagarden

Song Title(s): "The Blues", vocals by Teagarden

Descriptive Summary:

2. Telescriptions

Copyright: 1951

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions Corp.

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Jack Teagarden and His All-Star Group, including Ray Bauduc on dm

Song Title(s):

a. "Stars Fell on Alabama", vocals and trombone by Teagarden

b. "Basin Street Blues", vocals and trombone by Teagarden

c. "That's A-Plenty", Teagarden on trombone

d. "Jack Armstrong Blues", Teagarden on trombone, Bauduc on drums

e. "Wolverine Blues", Teagarden on trombone

Descriptive Summary: 310f., b&w

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Official Films

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

1. "Lonesome Lover Blues", vocals and trombone by Eckstine, unidentified sax solo

2. "Rhythm in a Riff", vocals by Eckstine, tenor solo by Gene Ammons, four dancers

3. "I Want to Talk About You", vocals by Eckstine, Art Blakey on drums

Descriptive Summary: 430f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Life of the Party

Copyright:

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Cabin Kids

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary:

2. Cabin Kids

Descriptive Summary: 100f., b&w, (not on RV)

Copyright:

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Cabin Kids

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary:

Descriptive Summary: 27f., b&w

Copyright: 1951

Performance Date:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 358f.

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 914f., b&w, excerpts, on a comp. reel with OF491.213 & OF491.214

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.212 & OF491.214

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.212 & OF491.213

Copyright: 1937-38

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 690f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. "Blues in the Night"

2. "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya"

3. "Blow the Blues"

4. The Old Man of the Mountain

Descriptive Summary: see also 491.187

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): Cab Calloway, voice of Betty Boop is Mae Questel

Song Title(s): "Old Man of the Mountain", vocals by Calloway and Questel

5. "Minnie the Moocher", 1942

6. "Skunk Song",, 1942

7. "Smokey Joe"

Descriptive Summary: 855f., b&w, short film, on a comp. reel with OF491.217

Copyright: 1937

Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Corporation

Producer:

Director: Roy Mack

Performer(s): Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

1. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", Calloway and orchestra

2. "The Hi De Ho Miracle Man", Calloway and orchestra

3. "Frisco Flo", Calloway and orchestra

Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.216

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Cab Calloway

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 960f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Bob Crosby and His Bobcats

Performer(s): Bob Crosby and His Bobcats, personnel is: Billy Butterfield, tp; Warren Smith, tb; Matty Matlock, cl; Eddie Miller, ts; Jess Stacy, p; Nappy Lamare, g; Bob Haggard, b; Ray Bauduc, d

Song Title(s):

a. "Who's Sorry Now", (31-12)

b. "Savoy Blues", (31-13)

c. "Big Noise from Winnetka", (31-18)

d. "March of the Bobcats", (31-19)

e. "Muskrat Ramble", (34-8)

f. "Panama Blues", (34-9)

2. "Pagan Love Song"

Performer(s): Bob Crosby, Yank lawson, tp; Eddie Miller, ts; Bob Haggart, b; Ray Buaduc, d

3. Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: UM&M TV Corp.

Director: Leslie Roush

Performer(s): Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

a. "How'd Ya Like to Love Me", (31-33)

Descriptive Summary: 838f. an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Stephen Foster Medley

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Patricia Morison

Song Title(s):

a. "Beautiful Dreamer", vocals by Morison

b. "Camptown Races", vocals by Morison

2. Peggy Lee, "Manana"

3. Reveille With Beverly, excerpt

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures

Producer: Sam White

Director: Charles Barton

Performer(s): Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse

Song Title(s): "Cow, Cow, Boogie", vocals by Morse

4. Jimmy Noone and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

a. "Apex Blues"

b. Unidentified tune with a male/female dance team

5. Over the Waves

Copyright: 1951

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Pete Daily and His Chicagoans

Song Title(s): "Over the Waves", Dixieland instrumental, Daily on clarinet

6. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"

Copyright: 1951

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Pete Daily and His Chicagoans

Song Title(s): "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", Dixieland instrumental, Daily on clarinet

Descriptive Summary: 810f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Jumpin' at the Jubilee

Performance Date: 1944

Copyright: 1947

Corporate Creator: Soundies

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Louis Jordan and His Tympani five

Song Title(s): "Jumpin' at the Jubilee", vocals by Jordan

2. "If You Can't Smile and Say Yes"

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

3. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town"

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Louis Jordan and His Orchestra, Dudley Dickerson and Theresa Harris

Song Title(s): "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town", vocals by Dickerson and Harris

4. Honey Chile

Copyright: 1947

Corporate Creator: Soundies, an Adams Production

Producer: William Forest Crouch

Director: William Forest Crouch

Performer(s): Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five

Song Title(s): "Honey Chile"

5. "Fuzzy Wuzzy"

Copyright: 1945

6. "Caledonia"

Copyright: 1945

7. "Ration Blues"

Copyright: 1944

8. "Down, Down, Down"

Copyright: 1942

Descriptive Summary: 1000f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. King Sisters with Alvino Rey Orchestra, "Dreamers Lullaby", 1950

2. King Sisters with Alvino Rey Orchestra, "It's Easy to Remember", 1951

3. Red Nichols, "Back Room Blues"

4. George Shearing, "I'll Be Around"

5. George Shearing, "I'll Never Smile Again"

6. Sarah Vaughn, "These Things I Offer You"

7. George Shearing Quintet, "Swedish Pastry"

8. George Shearing, "Move"

Descriptive Summary: 1030f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Peggy Lee, "You Was Right Baby"

2. Sarah Vaughn, "Perdido"

3. June Christy, "Takin' a Chance On Love"

4. Della Reese, "Love for Sale"

5. Red Nichols, "Jazz Ball"

6. Ike Carpenter, "It's the Talk of the Town"

7. Irving Fields & His Band, "Mexican Hotfoot"

8. Les Brown, "I've Got the World On a String"

Descriptive Summary: 1010f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. "Dinah"

Copyright: 1950

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Performer(s): Page Cavanaugh Trio

Song Title(s): "Dinah", vocals by Cavanaugh

2. "Temptation"

Copyright: 1947

Performer(s): Boyd Raeburn Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Temptation"

3. "Sunrise Serenade"

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Performer(s): Frankie Carl

Song Title(s): "Sunrise Serenade"

4. "The Gypsy"

Copyright: 1952

Performer(s): The Ink Spots

Song Title(s): "The Gypsy"

5. "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

Copyright: 1952

Performer(s): Ralph Flanagan Orchestra

Song Title(s): "Stars and Stripes Forever"

6. "He's Funny That Way"

Performer(s): June Christy

Song Title(s): "He's Funny That Way"

7. "Straighten Up and Fly Right"

Copyright: 1952

Corporate Creator: Studio Films

Performer(s): Mr. and Mrs. 88

Song Title(s): "Straighten Up and Fly Right"

8. "You're Driving Me Crazy"

Copyright: 1950

Corporate Creator: Snader Telescriptions

Performer(s): Mel Torme

Song Title(s): "You're Driving Me Crazy"

9. "Nobody's Sweetheart"

Copyright: 1952

Performer(s): Connee Boswell

Song Title(s): "Nobody's Sweetheart"

Descriptive Summary: 915f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Lazy Rhythms Starring the Mills Brothers - A Musical Film Review

Copyright: 1944

Corporate Creator: The New Official Films

Producer:

Director: William Forest Crouch

Performer(s): The Mills Brothers

Song Title(s):

a. "Lazy River"

b. "Rockin' Chair"

c. "Til Then"

2. Movie Newsreels Presents Diving Exhibitions - Santa Barbara, Calif.

Copyright: ca/ 1944-1948

Performer(s): Margie Gastring (sp?)

3. "Rockin' Chair"

(Same as #1-2 above.)

4. I Ain't Got Nobody

Descriptive Summary: a cartoon short featuring the music of the Mills Brothers who sing and scat "Tiger Rag" while images of members of various ethnic groups (Chinese, African, Mexican, American Indian) engage in stereotypical behavior as viewed on a television set. This is followed by a "sing-along" of "I Ain't Got Nobody".

Copyright: 1932

Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures

Producer: Max Fleischer

Director: Dave Fleischer

Performer(s): The Mills Brothers

Song Title(s):

a. "Tiger Rag"

b. "I Ain't Got Nobody"

6. "Tiger Rag"

Descriptive Summary: introduced by a radio announcer

Performer(s): The Mills Brothers

Song Title(s): "Tiger Rag"

Descriptive Summary: 980f., an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. It's Swing Ho - Come to the Fair (Jazz at the World's Fair")

Descriptive Summary: Crowd scenes relating to the 1939 New York World's Fair, with brief shots of musical celebrities; Glen Gray, Eddie Duchin, Hal Kemp, and Bojangles

Copyright: 1939

Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures

Producer: Paramount News

Director:

Performer(s): narrated by Bill Slater, Glen Gray, Eddie Duchin, Hal Kemp, and Bojangles

2. Unidentified (Symphony Orchestra

Descriptive Summary: Robinson dances along with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra, there are two identical clips.

Performer(s): Bill Robinson

3. Hooray for Love, excerpt

Copyright: 1935

Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures

Producer: Felix Young

Director: Walter Lang

Performer(s): Bill Robinson and Jeni LeGon, Fats Waller

Song Title(s):

a. "I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way", Robinson, LeGon and Waller

b. Unidentified, Robinson and Waller

4. Rural Kids & Robinson

Descriptive Summary: Two children dancing on a cart.

5. "My Old Kentucky Home"

Descriptive Summary: "Bojangles" dances his staircase dance

Performer(s): Bill Robinson

Song Title(s): "My Old Kentucky Home"

5. Hooray for Love, excerpt

Descriptive Summary: same as #3 above

Copyright: 1935

Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures

Producer: Felix Young

Director: Walter Lang

Performer(s): Bill Robinson and Jeni LeGon, Fats Waller

Song Title(s):

a. "I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way", Robinson, LeGon and Waller

b. Unidentified, Robinson and Waller

Descriptive Summary: 1000f.,, b&w, All of the following, except #4, are Snader Telescriptions, copyright 1952 with the following personnel: Willie Smith, Procope, Hamilton, Gonsalves, Carney, saxes; Nance, Anderson, Terry, Cook, tp; Tizol, Jackson, Woodman, tb; Duke, Wendell Marshall, Louis Bellson, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. "Solitude"

Performer(s): Jimmy Grisson, v

2. "Caravan"

Performer(s): solos by Tizol (valve tb), Hamilton (cl), Nance (violin)

3. "Mood Indigo"

Performer(s): Jackson, Woodman, Carney (bass cl) trio, solos by Procope and Cook

4. Jump for Joy, REVERSE IMAGE

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Marie Bryant, Paul White

Song Title(s): "Bli-Blip", dance and vocals by Bryant and White

5. "The Hawk Talks"

Performer(s): Louie Bellson, Nance on tp

6. "Sophisticated Ladies"

Performer(s): solos by Carney, Smith, and Duke

7. "The Hawk Talks"

Descriptive Summary: same as #5 above

Descriptive Summary: 940f., b&w, an Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Will Hudson-Eddie DeLange and Their Orchestra in 'From the Minuet to the Big Apple', [Hudson-Delange: From the Minuet to the Big Apple]

Copyright: 1937

Corporate Creator: UM&M TV Corp.

Producer:

Director: Leslie Roush

Performer(s): Hudson-DeLange Orchestra

Song Title(s):

a. "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town"

b. "You're My Desire"

c. "Moonglow"

d. "Organ Grinder's Swing"

e. Minuet, dance demonstrated

f. Square Dance, dance demonstrated

g. The Big Apple, six couples demonstrate: Black Bottom, Charleston, Truckin', Suzy-Q, Duchin (?), Peckin', Shag, Lindy Hop, and the Big Apple

2. Unidentified, (Special tap day-tap reel)

Descriptive Summary: Dance rehearsal with a dance troupe led by Robinson; scat singing and piano accompaniment.

Performer(s): Bill Robinson and an unidentified dance troupe

3. Bojangles Sings and Dances

Copyright: 1942

Corporate Creator: Official Films, Inc.

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Bill Robinson

Song Title(s): "Scuffle"

4. Rufus Jones for President

Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from the short film

Copyright: 1933

Corporate Creator: Vitaphone Corporation

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Sammy Davis, Jr.

Song Title(s): unidentified jazz tune

5. Coles and Atkins

Descriptive Summary: See also 491.8-2, -8 and 491.9

Copyright: 1965

Performer(s): Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins

Song Title(s): "Doin' the New Low Down"

6. Coles and Atkins

Descriptive Summary: See also 491.9

Copyright: 1965

Performer(s): Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins

Song Title(s): "Taking a Chance on Love"

7. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from a motion picture, sign reads "Sierra Vista Hotel - Emerald Lake", three dancers in red cap attire may be Tip, Tap, and Toe

Copyright:

Performer(s): The Ink Spots

Song Title(s): "Do I Worry"

Descriptive Summary: 995f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. "I'll Be Ready When the Great Day Comes"

Performance Date:

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Dorothy Dandridge

Song Title(s): "Yes, Indeed"

2. "Easy Street"

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator: R.C.A. Productions, Inc.

Producer: Sam Coslow

Director: Dudley Murphy

Performer(s): Dorothy Dandridge, Jess Brooks, the Five Spirits of Rhythm

Song Title(s): "Easy Street", vocals and dance by Dandridge

3. "Cow, Cow, Boogie"

Copyright: 1952

Corporate Creator: R.C.A. Productions, Inc.

Producer: Sam Coslow

Director: Josef Berne

Performer(s): Dorothy Dandridge and dance chorus

Song Title(s): "Cow, Cow, Boogie", vocals by Dandridge

4. Fuzzy Wuzzy

Copyright: 1946

Corporate Creator: Sack Amusement Enterprises

Executive Producer William Forest Crouch

Producer: Alfred N. Sack

Director:

Performer(s): Meade Lux Lewis, Una Mae Carlisle, Louis Jordan and His Band, Maurice Rocco

Song Title(s):

a. "I Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog No More", unknown male vocalist, Lewis on piano

b. "Rum Boogie", vocals and piano by Rocco

5. "I Ain't Got Nobody"

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Carousel Films, Inc.

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s):

Song Title(s): "I Ain't Got Nobody", vocals by an unidentified female vocalist

6. There's A Tavern in the Town

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Carousel Films, Inc.

Song Title(s): "There's a Tavern in the Town", unidentified male vocalist

7. "I'm Looking Out the Window"

Copyright:

Corporate Creator: Carousel Films, Inc.

Performer(s): Herbie Kay and His Orchestra, Ellen Connor

Song Title(s): "I'm Looking Out the Window", vocals by Connor

6. The Heat's On, excerpt

Copyright: 1943

Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures

Producer: Gregory Ratoff

Director: Gregory Ratoff

Performer(s): Mae West

Descriptive Summary: 850f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Pied Piper of Basin Street

Descriptive Summary:

Copyright: 1945

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director: Shamus Culhane

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

2. Hot Frogs

Descriptive Summary:

Copyright:

Corporate Creator:

Producer:

Director:

Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Song Title(s):

3. The Skeleton Dance

Descriptive Summary:

Copyright: 1929

Corporate Creator: Walt Disney Pictures, distributed by Columbia Pictures

Producer: Walt Disney

Director: Ub Iwerks

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

4. Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat

Copyright: 1941

Corporate Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, distributed by Universal Pictures

Producer: Walter Lantz

Director: Walter Lantz

Performer(s):

Song Title(s):

Descriptive Summary: 985f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. Cakewalk

Descriptive Summary: silent, see also 491.1-2

Copyright: 1903

Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.

2. Comedy Cakewalk

Descriptive Summary: silent, see also 491.1-4

Copyright: 1903

Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.

3. Uncle Tom's Cabin

Descriptive Summary: cakewalk, silent, see also 491.1-3

Copyright: 1903

4. At a Georgia Camp Meeting, see also 491.1-5

Copyright: 1929

5. An unidentified group of female dancers, silent

6. The Whirl of Life

Descriptive Summary: silent, see also 491.1-6

Copyright: 1914

Performer(s): Vernon and Irene Castle

7. Comedy Cake Walk, see #2 above

8. Cake Walk, see #1 above

9. Franchonetti Sisters

Copyright: 1903

Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.

10. Ralph Brown, tapper

Corporate Creator: Universal

11. Acrobatic Dance by Chris Gill

12. Dancing at the Apollo

13. "Hollywood Variety Parade"

Descriptive Summary: various Lindy Hoppers, big band sound track

Copyright: 1942

14. Paramount News - Jitterbugs Jive at Swingeroo - (Get It)

Descriptive Summary: see also 491.352

Performer(s): narrated by George Abbott

Description: 25 bands, six hour marathon

15. Hallelujah

16. Minns & James

Descriptive Summary: demonstration of various 1920s dance steps, excerpt from 491.5

10. Uncle Tom's Cabin

Descriptive Summary: cakewalk, same as #3 above

Copyright: 1903

Descriptive Summary: 1035f., b&w, color, an Archives Center compilation reel:

1. The Whirl of Life

Descriptive Summary: silent, see also 491.1-6 and 491.230-6

Copyright: 1914

Performer(s): Vernon and Irene Castle

2. Serpentine Dance

Descriptive Summary: unidentified female dancer dances, silent

Copyright: 1897

Corporate Creator: T.A. Edison

3. Schaefer Festival

Descriptive Summary: unknown male tap dancer, color

4. Music of the South

Descriptive Summary: documentary, male guitar player and female dancer, same as 491.1-10

5. Dance du Ventre

Descriptive Summary: two versions, one censored using a grid over the film and one uncensored, see also 491.1-1, silent

Copyright: 1894

Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Edison Mfg.

6. Male street dancers, one with a harmonica, silent

7. Excerpt - ballroom scene

8. Dancing at the Apollo excerpt

Descriptive Summary: same as 491.230-12

9. Steve Condos

Descriptive Summary: a tap dance with piano accompaniment, unidentified movie excerpt

10. Bubbles

Descriptive Summary: dance and song by Bubbles, brief appearance by Perry Como, see also 491.8-1-10

10. Hollywood Variety Parade

Descriptive Summary: Apache dancers

11. "In the Mood"

Descriptive Summary: unidentified male trio with two "hep-cats", extended Glenn Miller arrangement with unidentified female vocals

11. Captain January, excerpt

Copyright: 1936

Corporate Creator: 20^th Century Fox

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Director: David Butler

Performer(s): Buddy Ebsen and Shirley Temple

Song Title(s): "At the Codfish Ball"

Descriptive Summary: 875f., an Archives Center composite reel:

1. "Bill Robinson Stomp"

Descriptive Summary: Bill Robinson and chorus girls sing and dance to the "Bill Robinson Stomp".

2. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: Bill Robinson and chorus (out of lecture reel) with Putney Dandridge dance but no Robinson vocals

3. "Turkey in the Straw"

Descriptive Summary: Robinson solo at Shirley Temple birthday, Stepin' Fetchit plays harmonica, Robinson dances, no vocals.

4. Final Harlem Hun

5. "My Old Kentucky Home"

Descriptive Summary: Robinson does the Step Dance to the above tune.

6. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: same as #2 above

7. "Sidewalks of New York"

Descriptive Summary: Bobby Davis and Ray Bolger dance to "Sidewalks of New York", "Melody in F" and "Stars and Stripes Forever"

8. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: same as #2 above

8. "Green's Black Orchids"

Descriptive Summary: Chorus line rehearsal of "Bill Robinson Stomp", followed by opening night at the Abe Lincoln Theatre of "Green's Black Orchids".

9. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: Step Dance and Street Corner Dance, both with horrible audio.

Descriptive Summary: 730', an Ernie Smith compilation reel:

1. Moms Mabley

Descriptive Summary: comedy monologue followed by dancing

2. Unidentified

Descriptive Summary: two male tappers

3. "Oow Kick - A - Roonie"

Descriptive Summary: King Cole Trio in same setting as #2 above

4. "I Got Rhythm"

Descriptive Summary: male song and dance team with orchestra and ten male dancers in a night club scene, poor audio

5. Andy Kirk Orchestra and Bullmoose Jackson

Descriptive Summary: Kirk Orchestra featuring string bass player, with tp and ts solos