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Produced by:
Gordon Hollingshead, American, 1892 - 1952  Search this
Subject of:
The Three Whippets, American  Search this
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994  Search this
The Five Racketeers, American  Search this
Adelaide Hall, American, 1901 - 1993  Search this
Fayard Nicholas, American, 1914 - 2006  Search this
Harold Nicholas, American, 1921 - 2000  Search this
Eunice Wilson, American, 1911 - 1984  Search this
Owned by:
Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration (digital file): 00:09:39
Physical extent (film): 400 ft
Type:
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
short subjects
16mm (photographic film size)
Place made:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1946
Description:
A motion picture film with the title Dixieland Jamboree. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with footage of people working in a field and a narrator saying, "Always, music has been an intimate part of a people's existence and in America, the negro has given to music a newer, greater significance…" Short clips of different musical performances accompany his commentary, sometimes including scenes from the film Jammin' the Blues. At 00:00:53, singer/actress Eunice Wilson and vaudeville entertainers Five Racketeers can be seen performing on stage. In the next scene, The Three Whippets, dressed as chefs, are seen performing acrobatics on a stage. In the subsequent scene, Adelaide Hall sings on a stage while a pianist plays behind her. The penultimate act features the Nicholas Brothers tap dancing, while the final scene showcases Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing onstage.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Film  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
Object number:
2015.275.19.1a
Restrictions & Rights:
© Warner Brothers Pictures
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5496e8af8-8c35-4ffb-b18d-adde274904b4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.275.19.1a