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
Video reference copy available.
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.
