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ERNIE SMITH JAZZ FILM COLLECTION,
1894 - 1979
#491
(30 cubic feet: 352 reels of 16mm motion picture film)
by: Ben Pubols, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., Wendy Shay, 2/2001
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OF491.129 |
Errol Garner in Paris
Descriptive Summary: 1145f., b&w
Copyright:
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OF491.130 |
Melody Masters - Buddy Rich Orchestra with Terry Gibbs
Descriptive Summary: 540f., b&w
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. "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"
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OF491.131 |
Melody Masters - Buddy Rich
Orchestra with Terry Gibbs
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
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OF491.132 |
Melody Masters - Buddy Rich Orchestra with Terry Gibbs
Descriptive Summary: 225f., 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. "One O'Clock Boogie"
2. "So Long, Joe", solo by Gibbs
3. "Not So Quiet, Please"
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OF491.133 |
Woody Herman and His Orchestra with Lee Wiley
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
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OF491.134 |
Woody Herman Excerpts
Descriptive Summary: 380f., b&w, a night club scene, excerpts
from an unidentified motion picture
Copyright:
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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
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OF491.135 |
Woody Herman's Herds
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
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OF491.136 |
Carolina Blues
Descriptive Summary: 285f., b&w, excerpt, the "Mr. Beebe"
production number from the motion picture
Copyright: 1944
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Columbia Pictures
Producer:
Director:
Performer(s): Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Ann Miller, Harold
Nicholas
Song Title(s):
1. "Mr. Beebe"
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OF491.137 |
Minstrel Days
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
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OF491.138 |
Minstrel Melodies
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"
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OF491.139 |
Pie, Pie, Blackbird
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
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OF491.140 |
The Black Network
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
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OF491.141 |
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra: Stars and Violins
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
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OF491.142 |
Rhythm Masters: A Decade of Band Hits
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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Too Late Blues
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
Song Title(s):
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OF491.144 |
Music Inn
Descriptive Summary: 922f., b&w
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OF491.145 |
Dames
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):
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OF491.146 |
Cootie Williams, His Hot Trumpet and Orchestra
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
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OF491.147 |
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
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
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OF491.148 |
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
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
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OF491.149 |
Bill Robinson/Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire/Eleanor Powell
Specialty
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)
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OF491.150 |
Sensations of 1945
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
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OF491.151 |
The Living Lindy Hoppers
Descriptive Summary: 110f., b&w, three couples dance to an unidentified instrumental
number
Copyright:
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Director: Lesley Manning
Performer(s): The Lindy Hoppers
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OF491.152 |
How to Dance the Shag
Descriptive Summary: 117f., b&w, Murray instructs couples on how to dance The Shag.
Copyright:
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Al Christie
Director:
Performer(s): Arthur Murray and His Shag Dancers
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OF491.153 |
Shirley Temple/Bill Robinson, excerpts
Descriptive Summary: 160f., b&w
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OF491.154 |
King for a Day
Descriptive Summary: 773f., b&w
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Corporation
Producer:
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
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OF491.155 |
Dizzy Gillespie, "A Valpone"
Descriptive Summary: 684f., b&w
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OF491.156 |
Salt Peanuts at the Newport Jazz Festival Rehearsal
Descriptive Summary: 360f., color
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OF491.157 |
After Hours Club
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.
Copyright:
Corporate Creator:
Producer: Shepherd Trowel (sp?)
Director:
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
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OF491.158 |
Jazz Jamboree
Descriptive Summary: 1362f., b&w
Copyright:
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
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OF491.159 |
Schlitz Salute to Louis Armstrong
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
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OF491.160 |
New Year's Eve with Count Basie
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"
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OF491.161 |
Harlem Medley
Descriptive Summary: 280f., b&w
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OF491.162 |
The Judy Garland Show
Descriptive Summary: 528f., b&w, an excerpt from Garland's 1963-64 CBS television
show
Copyright:
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Kingsrow Productions
Producer: George Schlatter
Director:
Performer(s): Judy Garland
Song Title(s):
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OF491.163 |
Boogie Woogie Dream
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
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OF491.164 |
Bill Robinson/Lucky Millinder
Descriptive Summary: 540f., b&w
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OF491.165 |
The Billy Daniels Show
Descriptive Summary: 818f., b&w
Copyright: 1952
Performance Date:
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Performer(s): Billy Daniels, Jimmy Blaine
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OF491.166 |
The Subject is Jazz
Descriptive Summary: 940f., b&w
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OF491.167 |
Pepsi Cola Commercial
Descriptive Summary: 520f., b&w
Copyright:
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator: Pepsi Cola, Inc.
Producer:
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Performer(s): Fay Emerson
Song Title(s):
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OF491.168 |
Boy! What a Girl
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
Performer(s):
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OF491.169 |
Around the Beatles
Descriptive Summary: 655f., b&w, a television show
Copyright: 1963
Performance Date:
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Performer(s): George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Song Title(s):
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OF491.170 |
College Queen
Descriptive Summary: 713f., b&w
Copyright: 1946
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: George Templeton
Director:
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OF491.171 |
Bashful Romeo excerpts
Descriptive Summary: 585f., b&w
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OF491.172 |
Cabin in the Sky
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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OF491.173 |
Walk a Crooked Mile
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
Performer(s):
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OF491.174 |
Jazz Casual - Woody Herman and the Swingin' Herd
Descriptive Summary: 1050f.
Copyright:
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
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OF491.175 |
Soundies: Misc. IV
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 52nd 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 52nd 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"
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OF491.176 |
Puppetoons
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. |
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OF491.177-1 |
Feather on Jazz: The Blues
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
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OF491.177-2 |
Feather on Jazz: Bop Swinging
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)
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OF491.177-3 |
Feather on Jazz: New Orleans
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
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OF491.177-4 |
Feather on Jazz: 52nd Street
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.
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Feather on Jazz: Young Man With a Horn
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)
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Feather on Jazz: Remnants
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):
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OF491.178 |
Soundies: Misc. I
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" |
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Soundies Reel: I
Descriptive Summary: An Ernie Smith compilation reel:
1. Pola Negri sings
2. Gertrude Niessen
3. Shadow Waltz
4. 76 Trombones |
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Soundies Reel: II
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 |
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OF491.181 |
Soundies Reel: III
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
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OF491.182 |
Very Special, [Soundies Reel: IV]
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
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OF491.183 |
Soundies Reel: V
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" |
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Soundies Reel: VI
An Ernie Smith compilation reel:
1. Johnny Long, "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town"
2. Larry Clinton
3. Will Bradley |
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OF491.185 |
Soundies: Misc. V
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"
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OF491.186 |
Cartoon: Misc. II
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"
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OF491.187 |
Betty Boop Cartoons
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
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OF491.188 |
Cartoons: Misc. III
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 20th 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"
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OF491.189 |
Cartoons: Misc. I
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):
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OF491.190-1 |
Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
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
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Jam Session
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
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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra in "Smoke Rings"
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
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OF491.191 |
Soundies: Misc. II
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"
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OF491.192 |
Soundies: Misc. III
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.
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OF491.193 |
Bubbling Over
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"
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OF491.194 |
Boarding House Blues
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):
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OF491.195 |
Showtime at the Apollo, Harlem Variety Review
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
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OF491.196 |
Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Roy Eldridge & Don Byas
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
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It Happened in Harlem
Descriptive Summary: 645f., b&w
Copyright: 1945
Corporate Creator: distributed by All American Pictures
Producer:
Director: Bud Pollard
Performer(s):
Song Title(s):
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OF491.198 |
Swingtime Holiday
Descriptive Summary: b&w
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures
Associate Producer: Will Cowan
Director: Larry Cebellos
Performer(s):
Song Title(s):
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OF491.199 |
Jivin' Jam Session
Descriptive Summary: b&w, short
Copyright: 1942
Corporate Creator: Universal Pictures
Associate Producer: Will Cowan
Director: Reginald Le Borg
Performer(s):
Song Title(s):
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OF491.200 |
The Big Broadcast
Descriptive Summary: 625f., b&w, an excerpt
Copyright: 1932
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Director: Frank Tuttle
Performer(s):
Song Title(s):
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OF491.201 |
Calling All Girls
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
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OF491.202 |
Midnight Melodies
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
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OF491.203 |
Larry Clinton
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 . . . ?"
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OF491.204 |
Solo Flight: Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars featuring Jewel
Brown
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
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OF491.205 |
Stan Kenton: Music of the 60's
Descriptive Summary: 1875', b&w
Copyright:
Performance Date:
Corporate Creator:
Producer:
Director:
Performer(s):
Song Title(s):
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OF491.206-1 |
Artie Shaw's Class in Swing
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"
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OF491.206-2 |
Symphony of Swing
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
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OF491.206-3 |
Second Chorus
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):
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OF491.206-4 |
Symphony of Swing
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
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OF491.207 |
Telescriptions: JackTeagarden
Descriptive Summary: 750f., an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. "Georgia On My Mind"
Copyright:
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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
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OF491.208 |
Billy Eckstine Sings
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
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OF491.209 |
Cabin Kids
Descriptive Summary: 430f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. Life of the Party
Copyright:
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Performer(s): Cabin Kids
Song Title(s):
Descriptive Summary:
2. Cabin Kids
Descriptive Summary: 100f., b&w, (not on RV)
Copyright:
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Performer(s): Cabin Kids
Song Title(s):
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OF491.210 |
Eddie Condon Orchestra, "Cavalcade of Broadway"
Descriptive Summary: 27f., b&w
Copyright: 1951
Performance Date:
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OF491.211 |
Teddy Powell and his Orchestra
Descriptive Summary: 358f.
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OF491.212 |
March of Time, "Music in America"
Descriptive Summary: 914f., b&w, excerpts, on a comp. reel with OF491.213 &
OF491.214
Copyright:
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OF491.213 |
News Parade
Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.212 & OF491.214
Copyright: 1946
Corporate Creator:
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OF491.214 |
The World at Large
Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.212 & OF491.213
Copyright: 1937-38
Corporate Creator:
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Performer(s):
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OF491.215 |
Soundies: Cab Calloway
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"
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OF491.216 |
Hi-De-Ho
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
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OF491.217 |
"We the Cats Shall Hep Ya"
Descriptive Summary: b&w, on a comp. reel with OF491.216
Copyright:
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Director:
Performer(s): Cab Calloway
Song Title(s):
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OF491.218 |
Telescriptions: Bob Crosby
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)
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OF491.219 |
Telescriptions: Misc. I
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
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OF491.220 |
Soundies: Louis Jordon
Descriptive Summary: 810f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel: | |