Descriptive Summary: 1596f., b&w, series of demonstrations and interviews including: children's tap dance class taught by Phil Black; The Capasetics; Third Generation Step; Maceo Anderson of the Four Step Brothers; Four Step Brothers dance routine; Maceo Anderson demo of Buck Dance; film clip of Bojangles; interview with John Bubbles; clip of Buck and Bubbles; Nicholas Brothers; Harold Nicholas and the Four Step Brothers; Nicholas Brothers film clips and dressing room interview; interview with Camden Richman; Honi Coles; Coles and Atkins dance to "Doin' the New Lowdown"; Cholly Atkins; Tap Jazz Percussion Ensemble
Copyright: 1980
Corporate Creator: Blackwood Films
Producer: Christian Blackwood
Director: Christian Blackwood
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.
Descriptive Summary: 1134f., b&w, series of demonstrations and interviews including: Tap Jazz Percussion Ensemble; Tommy Tune practicing at home; Jerry Ames interview; Lon Chaney interview and dance to "Perdido"; Buster Brown interview and dance; Ralph Brown; Chuck Greene; The Hoofers; Honi Coles; Phil Black and his tap dance class
Copyright: 1980
Corporate Creator: Blackwood Films
Producer: Christian Blackwood
Director: Christian Blackwood
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.
Descriptive Summary: unknown male tap dancer, color
4. Music of the South
Descriptive Summary: documentary, male guitar player and female dancer, same as 491.1-10
5. Dance du Ventre
Descriptive Summary: two versions, one censored using a grid over the film and one uncensored, see also 491.1-1, silent
Copyright: 1894
Corporate Creator: American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Edison Mfg.
6. Male street dancers, one with a harmonica, silent
7. Excerpt - ballroom scene
8. Dancing at the Apollo excerpt
Descriptive Summary: same as 491.230-12
9. Steve Condos
Descriptive Summary: a tap dance with piano accompaniment, unidentified movie excerpt
10. Bubbles
Descriptive Summary: dance and song by Bubbles, brief appearance by Perry Como, see also 491.8-1-10
10. Hollywood Variety Parade
Descriptive Summary: Apache dancers
11. "In the Mood"
Descriptive Summary: unidentified male trio with two "hep-cats", extended Glenn Miller arrangement with unidentified female vocals
11. Captain January, excerpt
Copyright: 1936
Corporate Creator: 20th Century Fox
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Director: David Butler
Performer(s): Buddy Ebsen and Shirley Temple
Song Title(s): "At the Codfish Ball"
Digital reference copy in Smithsonian Institution Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
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.
Descriptive Summary: 669f., b&w, an Archives Center compilation reel:
1. Slim Thompson, "Hot Taps from Harlem"
2. Child tap dancing on a barge
3. Arthur Murray, How to Dance the Shag, (see also 491.7)
4. The Three Whippets, an acrobatic dance act
5. Boy dancing on a wagon, (see also 491.8-2)
6. Two dance chorus numbers from an unidentified motion picture
7. The Big Broadcast of 1936
Descriptive Summary: b&w, an excerpt from the motion picture of the same name
Copyright: 1936
Corporate Creator: Paramount Pictures
Producer: Benjamin Glazer
Director: Norman Taurog
Performer(s): The Nicholas Brothers
Song Title(s): "Alabama Bound"
8. Kid Millions
Descriptive Summary: an excerpt from the motion picture of the same name
Copyright: 1934
Corporate Creator: Howard Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Co.
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: Roy del Ruth
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.
Collection is open for research. Access to collection materials requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Collection Citation:
Norma Merrick Sklarek Archival Collection, 1944-2008. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
