Collection Performer:

Basie, Count, 1904-1984  Search this

Webster, Ben  Search this

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996  Search this

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986  Search this

Jamal, Ahmad, 1930-  Search this

Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949  Search this

Davis, Miles  Search this

Collection Collector:

Smith, Ernie  Search this

Extent:

1 Motion picture film

Container:

Reel AC0491-OF0008-1

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Motion picture films

Date:

1893-ca. early 1950s

Scope and Contents note:

Descriptive Summary: 1162f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith 1. Small boy dancing on a barge Descriptive Summary: silent Copyright: 1893 2. Two young boys dancing on a flat-bed truck Copyright: 1929 3. The Buck Dance Copyright: early 1950s Performer(s): Horace Sprott 4. Stair dance Copyright: 1932 Performer(s): Bill Robinson 5. King for a Day, excerpt Copyright: 1934 Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Corporation Director: Roy Mack Performer(s): Bill Robinson Song Title(s): "Old Folks at Home", "Old Black Joe", etc. 6. Tip, Tap, and Toe Copyright: 1936 Performer(s): Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier and Raymond Winfield 7. Tip, Tap, and Toe Copyright: 1944 Performer(s): Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier and Raymond Winfield with the Jack Teagarden Orchestra Song Title(s): "Stompin' at the Savoy" 8. Ace Gibson and Eddie Thompson Copyright: 1933 9. Varsity Show, excerpt Copyright: 1937 Corporate Creator: Warner Brothers Producer: Louis F. Edelman Director: William Keighley Performer(s): Dick Powell, John Bubbles and Buck Washington 10. Unidentified Copyright: early 1960s Performer(s): John Bubbles, dance and song later joined by Perry Como 11. Unidentified Copyright: 1933 Performer(s): Sammy Davis, Jr., as a young boy 12. An All Colored Vaudeville Show Copyright: 1935 Corporate Creator: The Vitaphone Company Director: Roy Mack Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers 13. Stormy Weather, excerpt Copyright: 1943 Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox Producer: William LeBaron Director: Andrew L. Stone Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway Orchestra Song Title(s): "The Jumpin' Jive" Video reference copy

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Sponsor:

America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.

See more items in:

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection / Series 1: Ernie Smith Presentation Reels

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8acd49d2f-a116-42e9-8544-6f4e876900f3

EDAN-URL:

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