Descriptive Summary: 420f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. Remnants of Wilson-Feather Award, 1951, Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie accepting Downbeat Magazine Award of 1951 - musical number has been cut
2. Two African-Amer. males talking backstage, scene from an uniden. motion picture
3. Harlem Tour, probably part of a newsreel tour of Harlem, ca. 1930s
4. Don't Knock the Rock, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: two scenes from the motion picture of the same name
Copyright: 1956
Corporate Creator: Clover Productions, distributed by Columbia Pictures
Producer: Sam Katzman
Director: Fred F. Sears
Performer(s): Patricia Hardy, Fay Baker, Alan Dale and Jana Lund
5. Disc Jockey, talks about Steve and Nick Condos and Martha Raye
6. Phil Silvers intro. for the Berry Bros., probably fromFootlight Parade, 1942
7. "Turner's Arcade", a dialogue scene between an African-Amer. man and woman
8. The King of Burlesque, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: two dialogue scenes from the motion picture of the same name
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Performer(s): Fats Waller, Warner Baxter
9. Ozon commercial
Descriptive Summary: commercial for Ozon hair dye using Foster's, "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair"
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.
