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RECREATION OF A SOUTHERN PLANTATION, 1840s. SLAVES
SIT OUTSIDE. BOYS PLAYING A GAME. ADULTS WATCH. AMERICAN SLAVERY. SLAVE QUARTERS |
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title card STEPHEN FOSTER
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WHITE SOUTHERN "MASTER" ARRIVES HOME, SOUTHERN SLAVE
HOUSEBOY TAKES CARE OF HIS HORSE. FOSTER ARRIVES HOME TO HIS PLANTATION. TELLS FOSTER HIS SLAVE "UNCLE NED "IS DEAD "HE DONE TOOK SICK" AND COULDN'T BE SAVED. DEATH IN THE FAMILY |
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SOUTHERN PLANTATION OWNER, FOSTER ENTERS HIS MUSIC
ROOM, SITS AT THE PIANO AND WRITES A SONG FOR "UNCLE NED" WOMAN ENTERS, STANDS AND LISTENS. "HE'S GONE WHERE THE GOOD DARKIES GO" |
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FOSTER TAKES SOUTHERN BELL'S HAND, SHE CURTSEYS, THEY
TALK ABOUT SLAVE SONGS AND LOVE SONGS. FOSTER GETS ON BENDED KNEE CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR HER. SINGS A SONG HE WROTE FOR HER "DREAMING THE HAPPY HOURS AWAY" |
| 01:04:27 267.67 |
SOUTHERN COLONEL AND HIS WIFE ENTER, SLAVE BRINGS
COCKTAILS REFRESHMENTS. |
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WOMAN SINGS FOSTER SONG "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME",
FOSTER PLAYS THE PIANO. OLDER COUPLE SITS AND LISTENS |
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OLDER COUPLE COMPLIMENT FOSTER ON HIS NEW SONG
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SOUTHERN PLANTATION SLAVES SING A FOSTER SONG AT THE
SLAVE QUARTERS. |
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OLDER SLAVES GET UP AND DANCE. BIG "MAMMY" AND OLD
MAN WITH A WALKING STICK. LITTLE BOYS TAKE TURNS DANCING. BOY IN RAGS. POOR SOUTHERN SLAVES. "OH, SUZANNA" |
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SOUTHERN PLANTATION OWNER TAKES A NIGHT STROLL WITH
HIS GIRLFRIEND. COURTSHIP. FAKE MOON. LEAN INTO EACH OTHER STARING AT THE MOON |
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FILM ENDS
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Year: 1933
Color: Black & White
Genre: HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
Specialty CollectionGenre: HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
Description: THE STORY OF AMERICAN SONGWRITER STEPHEN FOSTER WITH JOHN HUNDLEY, NANCY MCCORD, FRANK WILSON, WILLIAM CORBETT, GRACE MILLS & THE STEPHEN FOSTER SINGERS. ANNOUNCER KELVIN KEECH. EARLY AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC SAME AS F-3318B
