Descriptive Summary: 1718f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
1. Three teen-age "street boys"
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903
2. Cakewalk
Descriptive Summary: silent
Copyright: 1903 (see also 491.1(2))
3. "Tiger Rag"
Copyright: 1929
Performer(s): James Barton
4. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life, (excerpt from 491.29)
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Director: Fred Waller
Performer(s): Snake Hips Tucker, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra incl. Greer, Hodges, Whetsol and Jenkins
Song Title(s): "Merry-Go-Round", part Four-Harlem Rhythm
5. "Harlem Harmony"
Copyright: 1932
Performer(s): Cab Calloway, introduction by James Wallington
Song Title(s): "Harlem Harmony"
6. Snow White (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): "St. James Infirmary Blues", vocals by Calloway and Questel
7. "Christopher Columbus"
Copyright: 1937
Performer(s): Stringbean, Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra, (Willie Smith on alto sax)
8. "Nagasaki"
Copyright: 1934
Performer(s): Red and Struggie, Lucky Millinder's Orchestra
9. unidentified clip
Copyright: ca. early 1940s
Performer(s): Slick and Slack, (bass drum reads Chris and Crew)
10. "Solid Sending Soft Shoe Specialist"
Copyright: 1944
Performer(s): Rubberneck Holmes
11. Stump and Stumpy
Copyright: 1948
12. "Ain't Misbehaven"
Copyright: 1948 Performer(s) Patterson and Jackson
13. Raymond Kaylund
Copyright: 1941
Performer(s): Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra
Descriptive Summary: Same setting as #7, but noted as 1941
14. A Bundle of Blues, excerpt
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Performer(s): Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Broad, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): "Bugle Call Rag"
15. "Bugle Call Rag"
Copyright: 1938
Performer(s): Miss Harris
16. "It Don't Mean A Thing" and an unidentified musical number
Copyright: 1939
Performer(s): Miller and Rhodes, unidentified young female
17. Follow the Boys, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: An excerpt from a George Raft film.
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: Universal Films Producer(s): Charles K. Feldman, Albert L. Rockett
Director: A. Edward Sutherland Performer(s):
Song Title(s): "Sweet Georgia Brown"
18. Al Minns and Leon James; Playboy Club Show, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from 491.5
Copyright: 1964
Corporate Creator: Playboy Magazine/Enterprises
Producer: Dan Schuffman
Director: Dan Schuffman
Performer(s): Al Minns and Leon James
Song Title(s): Camptown Races, "Charleston", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "One O'Clock Jump", "How High the Moon"
19. The Berry Brothers
Copyright: ca. late 1940s, early 1950s
Performer(s): Introduced by Phil Silvers, The Berry Brothers
20. Three scat-singing unidentified male dancers
21. Two unidentified male dancers
22. Jump rope dancer
Corporate Creator: Vitaphone, Warner Brothers
Video reference copy
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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.
Descriptive Summary: 770f., b&w, a composite reel created by Ernie Smith
1. A UM & M Pictorial, March 1933, featuring three numbers: a. "Stardust" & "Echoes of the Jungle", performed by Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Band b. "Sophisticated Lady" excerpt, "Creole Rhapsody" excerpt, performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (rhythm) c. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing an unidentified number
2. Murder at the Vanities, excerpt
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and an unidentified female vocalist. Personnel: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): "Ebony Rapsody"
3. An RKO Pathe Jamboree
Copyright: 1943 Performance Date: June, 1943
Corporate Creator: UM & M TV Corp. Producer Frederick Ullman, Jr.
Director: Jany Bonafield
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Personnel: Hamilton, Hodges, Nat Jones, Webster, Carney (reeds), Nance, Jordan, Wallace Jones, Baker, (trumpet), Nanton, Tizol, Sandy Williams (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Raglin, Greer (rhythm)
Song Title(s): a. "Mood Indigo" b. "Sophisticated Lady", piano solo by Ellington c. "It Don't Mean a Thing", vocals by Ray Nance and Taft Jordan, instrumental solos by Nance and Webster d. "Never No Lament", instrumental solos by Ellington, Hodges and Nanton
4. "Dancers in Love", from The Perfume Suite (excerpt from 491.20), Ellington, Wendall Marshall, Greer
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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.
Descriptive Summary: 330f., b&w, an excerpt from the short film of the same name
Copyright: 1933
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, distributed by UM & M TV Corp.
Producer:
Director:
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra; personnell; Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney (reeds), Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins (trumpets), Nanton, Tizol, Brown (trombones), Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, (rhythm), vocals by Ivie Anderson, dances by Florence Hill and Bessie Dudley
Song Title(s):
1. "Lightnin'" excerpt
2. "Rockin' in Rhythm"
3. "Stormy Weather", vocals by Anderson
4. "Bugle Call Rag"
5. Reprise of "Lightin'"
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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.
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, distributed by UM&M TV Corp.
Producer: Adolph Zukor
Director: Fred Waller
Performer(s): Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, personnel: aumented orchestra includng: Hardwick, Hodges, Bigard, Carney;, Whetsol, Williams, Jenkins; Nanton, Tizol, Brown; Ellington, Guy, Braud, Greer, vocals by Billie Holiday, dances featuring Snake Hips Tucker and Bessie Dudley
Song Title(s): "Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life"
1. The Laborers - solos by Brown, Hodges
2. A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues - solos by Brown, Cootie, Barney, Nanton; Tucker and Dudley, vocals by Billie Holliday
3. A Hymn of Sorrow - solo possibly by Cootie Williams
4. Harlem Rhythm - Merry-Go-Round, solo by Jenkins, dancing by Snake Hips Tucker
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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.
Descriptive Summary: 710f., b&w, a compilation reel created by Ernie Smith
Copyright: 1946
Corporate Creator: Soundies
Producer: William Forest Crouch
Director: William Forest Crouch
Performer(s): Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Ed Szafranski on bass
Song Title(s): "Southern Scandall"
Descriptive Summary:
2. Untitled 1938, three Puppetoons produced by Phillips Broadcast featuring Ambrose and His Orchestra in: a. "A Jacket of Blue" b. "Harbor Lights" c. "The Rhythm's OK in Harlem"
3. Hoagy Carmichael featuring Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra with Meredith Blake
Copyright: 1939
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Director: Leslie Roush
Performer(s): Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra, Meredith Blake
Song Title(s): a. "Two Sleepy People" b. "I'm Wrong", vocals by Blake c. "Washboard Blues", vocals by Carmichael d. "Lazy Bones" e. "Small Fry - Talking Blues" f. "Rockin' Chair", vocals by Carmichael g. "Star Dust" w/ verse, vocals by Blake
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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.
Performer(s): Pancho and His Orchestra, The Six Samba Sirens (female dancers), Don Loper and Barrat (male/female dance team), Los Hermanos Williams (male dance team), and Juanita Juarez
2. Copacabana, excerpt
Copyright: 1947
Corporate Creator: United Artists
Producer: Sam Coslow
Director: Alfred E. Green
Performer(s): Andy Russell, Steve Cochran, Gloria Jean, The Original Copa Girls, Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Maxine Fifi
Song Title(s): a. "We've Come to the Copa", performed by The Original Copa Girls b. Unidentified female singer-dancer c. Song and dance routine between Miranda and Andy Russell d. A number by Fifi e. "My Heart Was Doing the Bolero", Miranda, Fifi and Russell
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
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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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.
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
Video reference copy available.
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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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.
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.
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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.
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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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.
Performer(s): Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Billy Butterfield on trumpet Song Title(s):
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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.
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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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.
Descriptive Summary: 915f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. Lazy Rhythms Starring the Mills Brothers - A Musical Film Review
Copyright: 1944
Corporate Creator: The New Official Films
Producer:
Director: William Forest Crouch
Performer(s): The Mills Brothers
Song Title(s): a. "Lazy River" b. "Rockin' Chair" c. "Til Then"
2. Movie Newsreels Presents Diving Exhibitions - Santa Barbara, Calif.
Copyright: ca/ 1944-1948
Performer(s): Margie Gastring (sp?)
3. "Rockin' Chair" (Same as #1-2 above.)
4. I Ain't Got Nobody
Descriptive Summary: a cartoon short featuring the music of the Mills Brothers who sing and scat "Tiger Rag" while images of members of various ethnic groups (Chinese, African, Mexican, American Indian) engage in stereotypical behavior as viewed on a television set. This is followed by a "sing-along" of "I Ain't Got Nobody".
Copyright: 1932
Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures
Producer: Max Fleischer
Director: Dave Fleischer
Performer(s): The Mills Brothers
Song Title(s): a. "Tiger Rag" b. "I Ain't Got Nobody"
6. "Tiger Rag"
Descriptive Summary: introduced by a radio announcer
Performer(s): The Mills Brothers
Song Title(s): "Tiger Rag"
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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.
Descriptive Summary: 980f., an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. It's Swing Ho - Come to the Fair (Jazz at the World's Fair")
Descriptive Summary: Crowd scenes relating to the 1939 New York World's Fair, with brief shots of musical celebrities; Glen Gray, Eddie Duchin, Hal Kemp, and Bojangles
Copyright: 1939
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Paramount News
Director:
Performer(s): narrated by Bill Slater, Glen Gray, Eddie Duchin, Hal Kemp, and Bojangles
2. Unidentified (Symphony Orchestra
Descriptive Summary: Robinson dances along with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra, there are two identical clips.
Performer(s): Bill Robinson
3. Hooray for Love, excerpt
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures
Producer: Felix Young
Director: Walter Lang
Performer(s): Bill Robinson and Jeni LeGon, Fats Waller
Song Title(s): a. "I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way", Robinson, LeGon and Waller b. Unidentified, Robinson and Waller
4. Rural Kids & Robinson
Descriptive Summary: Two children dancing on a cart.
5. "My Old Kentucky Home"
Descriptive Summary: "Bojangles" dances his staircase dance Performer(s): Bill Robinson
Song Title(s): "My Old Kentucky Home"
5. Hooray for Love, excerpt
Descriptive Summary: same as #3 above
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: RKO Radio Pictures
Producer: Felix Young
Director: Walter Lang
Performer(s): Bill Robinson and Jeni LeGon, Fats Waller
Song Title(s): a. "I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way", Robinson, LeGon and Waller b. Unidentified, Robinson and Waller
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Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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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.
Descriptive Summary: 498f., an Ernie Smith composite reel:
1. George "Shorty" Snowden and Dancers
Copyright: 1929
Performer(s): Chick Webb's Orchestra, George Snowden, dancers
Song Title(s): "Sweet Sue"
Descriptive Summary: dance contest, Snowden as emcee, three couples dance, see also 491.7-1
2. Paramount News: Harlem Hoofers Fry Their Corns
Descriptive Summary: dance contest in Harlem, no sound track
3. Cotton Club
Performer(s): Cora LaRedd and the Claude Hopkins Orchestra, Nina Mae McKinney, Milton Berle
Song Title(s): a. "Everybody's Truckin", LaRedd and Hopkins Orchestra b. Male comedy dancer c. "Good for Nothing Joe", vocals by McKinney d. Milton Berle e. Female dance routine
4. Cab Calloway's 'Jitterbug's Party'
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures, UM&M TV Corp.
Producer: Adolph Zuckor
Director: Fred Waller
Performer(s): Cab Calloway
Song Title(s): a. "'Long About Midnight" b. "Call of the Jitterbugs"
Video reference copy available.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Descriptive Summary: b&w, "a Max Fleischer Screen Song with the Famous Bouncing Ball", a mixture of live and cartoon
Copyright: 1935
Corporate Creator: Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures, UM&M TV Corp.
Producer: Max Fleischer
Director: Dave Fleischer
Performer(s): Abe Lyman and His Orchestra
Song Title(s): a. "California Here I Come" b. "I Wished on the Moon", unidentified female vocalist
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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.
