00:01:52 1 |
VIEW DOWN BEALE STREET AT NIGHT WITH NEON MARQUEE OF
THE NEW DAISY & PALACE THEATRES VISIBLE. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE |
00:02:09 18 |
CU LIT-UP MARQUEE OF PALACE THEATRE ADVERTISING JANIE
& EDWARD ARNOLD |
00:02:17 26 |
CU NEW DAISY MARQUEE ADVERTISING WALLACE BEERY IN
"BARBARY COAST GENT" |
00:02:25 34 |
PAN DOWN EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE OF DAISY THEATER
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00:02:31 40 |
BLACK FOLKS HANGING AROUND OUTSIDE THEATRE LOBBY
|
00:02:37 46 |
"ONE MINUTE" NEON SIGN
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00:02:43 52 |
CU DOUBLE DOORS OF APARTMENT BUILDING. PAN UP TO
LIGHTED WINDOW |
00:02:57 66 |
HOUSE PARTY: BLACK COUPLES SLOW DANCING IN LIVING
ROOM |
00:03:01 70 |
CU WOMAN'S LEGS AS SHE SITS IN CHAIR. PAN UP TO BLACK
COUPLE MAKING OUT-KISSING |
00:03:14 83 |
COUPLE SLOW DANCING START KISSING PASSIONATELY
|
00:03:23 92 |
MAN PUTS CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH, WOMAN LIGHTS
CIGARETTE WITH ZIPPO LIGHTER |
00:03:33 102 |
YOUNG MAN SITS DOWN AT PIANO & STARTS PLAYING BOOGIE
WOOGIE MUSIC |
00:03:43 112 |
COUPLES DANCING TO MUSIC
|
00:04:30 159 |
CU COUPLE TALKS AS THEY DANCE
|
00:05:47 236 |
COUPLES CLAP AS MUSIC ENDS
|
00:05:51 240 |
PARTY GUESTS CROWD AROUND COUPLE CONGRATULATING THEM
|
00:05:59 248 |
MAN LOOKING AROUND HALLWAY. KNOCKS ON APARTMENT DOOR
|
00:06:15 264 |
HOSTESS EXCUSES HERSELF AS PARTY GUESTS LAUGH HAPPILY
|
00:06:31 280 |
WOMAN GREETS MAN AT DOOR WITH ANGER
|
00:07:49 358 |
WOMAN HUGS HER BOYFRIEND AS THEY DANCE
|
00:08:14 383 |
BLACK STREET SWEEPER PUSHES BROOM ON BEALE STREET.
TAKES OFF HIS HAT & WIPES SWEAT WITH HANDKERCHIEF |
00:08:30 399 |
FAT BLACK MAN IN SUIT WITH CIGAR STOPS & TALKS WITH
STREET SWEEPER. TAKES OUT PAPER, UNFOLDS IT & SHOWS IT TO SWEEPER |
00:10:36 525 |
FANCY WOMAN IN CONVERTIBLE PULLS UP IN FRONT OF
BARBER SHOP. BARBER COMES OUT & TALKS WITH HER |
00:11:05 554 |
CU WOMAN IN CAR POWDERS HER NOSE AS SHE LOOKS IN
MIRROR |
00:11:20 569 |
BOYFRIEND COMES OUT OF BARBER'S PUTTING ON HIS COAT.
GETS INTO CAR WITH WOMAN |
00:11:52 601 |
COUPLE KISS IN CAR AS STREET SWEEPER WATCHES THEM
SADLY |
00:12:14 623 |
SMARTLY-DRESSED MAN COMES WALKING DOWN THE STREET &
STARTS FAST-TALKING WORKER. WRITING ON PAPER WITH PENCIL (TAKING NOTES, TAKING BETS) |
00:13:34 703 |
CU CONFUSED-DUMB FACE OF YOUNG BLACK MAN
|
00:15:46 835 |
DOG EATING GARBAGE FROM KNOCKED OVER TRASH CAN
|
00:15:52 841 |
DOG RUNS AWAY AS STREET SWEEPER COMES OVER TO CLEAN
UP MESS |
00:16:04 853 |
CU DOUBLE DOORS ON FRONT OF BUILDING
|
00:16:05 854 |
EMPTY STAIRCASE INSIDE BUILDING
|
00:16:07 856 |
SIGN "CASH INVESTMENT CO. LTD. PRIVATE OFFICE"
|
00:16:12 861 |
TWO GUYS SITTING AT DESK COUNTING MONEY.
|
00:16:54 903 |
MAN COMES INTO ROOM, LOOKS SUSPICIOUS
|
00:17:34 943 |
MAN IN SUIT LOOKS UP AT BUILDING. JUST ABOUT TO GO IN
WHEN CRIMINAL COMES OUT. UNDERCOVER COP GRABS HIM & SHOWS HIS BADGE. LEADS HOODLUM BACK INTO BUILDING |
00:18:00 969 |
MAN COMES OUT ONTO STAIRWAY LANDING. SEES COPS
ESCORTING MAN UP STAIRS. RUSHES INTO OFFICE |
00:18:12 981 |
MAN FOLDS PILE OF MONEY UP INTO NEWSPAPER
|
00:18:45 1014 |
THROWS BUNDLE OUT WINDOW
|
00:18:50 1019 |
BUNDLE OF MONEY LANDS NEAR DAY-DREAMING STREET
SWEEPER |
00:18:54 1023 |
COPS ENTER GANGSTERS OFFICE & SEARCHES THROUGH DESK
|
00:19:23 1052 |
STREET CLEANER SHOVELS UP GARBAGE & DUMPS IT IN TRASH
|
00:19:47 1076 |
GRABS CURIOUS BUNDLE & SEES THAT IT'S MONEY
|
00:20:02 1091 |
CU BLACK MAN MAKES OPEN-MOUTH SURPRISED FACE & LOOKS
AROUND |
00:20:10 1099 |
STICKS BUNDLE UNDER HIS SHIRT & QUICKLY SWEEPS AWAY
DOWN THE STREET |
00:20:19 1108 |
COPS SEARCH DESK & LOOK OUT WINDOW
|
00:20:39 1128 |
PARADE COMES DOWN STREET. BLACK MARCHING BAND WITH
MAJORETTE |
00:20:42 1131 |
MAN LEANING ON POLE FOLDS UP NEWSPAPER & LOOKS ODDLY
AT PARADE |
00:21:05 1154 |
CU CONFUSED BLACK MAN TAKES TOOTHPICK OUT OF HIS
MOUTH |
00:21:08 1157 |
LOOKS CONFUSED AS STREET SWEEPER IS PARADED PAST
|
00:21:25 1174 |
WALKS DOWN SIDEWALK FOLLOWING PARADE
|
00:21:31 1180 |
YOUNG GIRLS HAPPILY CROWD AROUND STREET CLEANER.
PUSHING HIM DOWN STREET IN CART. |
00:21:44 1193 |
YOUNG BLACK WOMEN SMILE AS THEY WATCH PARADE GO BY
|
00:21:48 1197 |
PARADE MARCHES DOWN STREET, PAST SCHOOL
|
00:22:24 1233 |
WOMAN IN FANCY HAT SITS IN CONVERTIBLE WATCHING IT
PASS |
00:23:00 1269 |
GIRLS SCREAM & CROWD AROUND STREET SWEEPER, HERO OF
THE DAY |
00:23:27 1296 |
CAR PULLS UP BEHIND OTHER CAR, BOTH CARS DRIVE OFF
|
00:23:41 1310 |
PARADE BREAKS UP IN FRONT OF "WHEATLY" BUILDING.
STREET CLEANER GETS OUT OF WAGON |
00:24:00 1329 |
MAN BOTHERS STREET CLEANER & FOLLOWS HIM INTO SUPPLY
SHED |
00:25:30 1419 |
STREET SWEEPER TAKES OUT WAD OF CASH. LICKS HIS
FINGER AS HE COUNTS OUT MONEY HE OWES |
00:28:06 1575 |
NIGHT ON BEALE STREET
|
00:28:08 1577 |
CU NEON SIGN FOR "DON'S KEYHOLE" NIGHTCLUB. PAN DOWN
TO DOORMAN IN TOP HAT & PLAID PANTS |
00:28:25 1594 |
BELLINGER TAXI ARRIVES. DRIVER OPENS DOOR TO LET OUT
FANCY WOMEN |
00:28:43 1612 |
CU HANDING BIG TIP TO DRIVER
|
00:28:47 1616 |
DOORMAN LEANS OVER WITH LOOKS OF SHOCK
|
00:28:50 1619 |
GUESTS WALK PAST DOORMAN & SLIP HIM MONEY. SHOCKED
DOORMAN LOOKS OVER MONEY & KISSES IT. CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S REAL |
00:29:39 1668 |
COUPLES DANCING ON DANCE FLOOR OF NIGHTCLUB
|
00:29:42 1671 |
WAITER SEATS COUPLES AT THEIR TABLE
|
00:30:16 1705 |
BLACK COUPLES ON DANCE FLOOR WITH BAND PLAYING IN
BKGD ON STAGE |
00:30:52 1741 |
COUPLES APPLAUD AS BAND ENDS & THEY TAKE THEIR SEATS
|
00:31:01 1750 |
COUPLES SITTING AT TABLE. MAN LIGHTS HIS CIGAR &
LADIES' CIGARETTES |
00:31:25 1774 |
SEATED NIGHTCLUB AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
|
00:31:27 1776 |
WHITE MC COMES OUT TO INTRODUCE NEXT ACT
|
00:31:48 1797 |
MICHAEL GRIFFIN & JACK SIMS PERFORM SAXOPHONE DUET
|
00:34:27 1956 |
NIGHTCLUB AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
|
00:34:32 1961 |
MC INTRODUCES NEXT ACT
|
00:34:42 1971 |
COMEDY TEAM OF ALLEN & ALLEN PERFORM, WOMAN & MAN IN
BLACKFACE |
00:38:25 2194 |
MC COMES OUT WITH MICROPHONE
|
00:38:43 2212 |
JOYCE MCELRATH
BEALE STREET MAMA
|
00:40:28 2317 |
BLACK MAN IN TUXEDO LOOKS AROUND WORRIED
|
00:40:34 2323 |
PAN BLACK AUDIENCE AT TABLES APPLAUDING
|
00:40:38 2327 |
BLACK AUDIENCE AT TABLES LAUGHING
|
00:40:43 2332 |
MAN SEES FORMER GIRLFRIEND WITH ANOTHER MAN. SHE HUGS
& SHOWS AFFECTION TO MAKE BOYFRIEND JEALOUS |
00:41:36 2385 |
BLACK TAP DANCER IN TUXEDO
|
00:43:13 2482 |
CU FANCY BLACK WOMAN LOOKS REALLY ANGRY
|
00:43:16 2485 |
MAN CALL WAITER OVER TO HIS TABLE. GIVES TIP TO
WAITER |
00:45:04 2593 |
FOUR WAITERS AT TABLE TAKING EVERYONE'S ORDERS
|
00:45:13 2602 |
WOMAN TAKES PILL WITH GLASS OF WATER
|
00:46:30 2679 |
WOMEN GET UP FROM TABLE & GO TO THE BATHROOM
|
00:46:47 2696 |
WOMAN AT TABLE LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, GETS UP & LEAVES
TABLE |
00:47:03 2712 |
WOMAN APPROACHES TABLE WITH TWO MEN EATING. MAN PULLS
OUT SEAT FOR HER TO SIT DOWN |
00:49:02 2831 |
PULLS OUT WAD OF CASH TO SHOW WOMAN
|
00:49:32 2861 |
BLACK MAN WITH LOVE-SICK LOOK ON HIS FACE
|
00:49:37 2866 |
WOMAN WALKS UP TO DATE AT TABLE & TELLS HIM THAT THEY
ARE LEAVING |
00:49:45 2874 |
MAN HELPS WOMAN ON WITH HER FUR COAT AS THEY LEAVE
NIGHTCLUB |
00:50:02 2891 |
MEN EATING AT TABLE. PUTS KETCHUP ON FOOD
|
00:50:39 2928 |
TRIO OF GANGSTERS AT DOORWAY, ONE OF THEM POINTS
|
00:52:05 3014 |
DATES RETURN TO TABLE, MEN GRAB THEM TO DANCE
|
00:52:14 3023 |
MAN TRIES TO RUN AWAY, PULLED THROUGH DOORWAY
|
00:52:38 3047 |
OLD-FASHIONED KETTLE ON STOVE
|
00:52:44 3053 |
TWO MEN SLEEPING IN BUNKBEDS IN JAIL CELL. SNORING
|
00:52:53 3062 |
MAN LIGHTS HIS CIGAR WHILE SLEEPING IN PRISON
|
00:53:10 3079 |
MAN TALKING IN HIS SLEEP. OTHER MAN LISTENS WORRIED
|
00:54:24 3153 |
MEN IN TUXEDOS WALK OUT OF JAIL CELL
|
00:54:28 3157 |
WARDEN OPENS DOOR & LEADS MEN INTO ANOTHER CELL ROOM
|
00:54:54 3183 |
WARDEN TELLS THEM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PASSING
COUNTERFEIT MONEY |
00:55:31 3220 |
WARDEN ANSWERS RINGING TELEPHONE. WORRIED FELONS
LISTENING TO CONVERSATION |
00:57:00 3309 |
HANGS UP PHONE & WRITES ON PAPER
|
00:58:36 3405 |
MEN IN TUXEDOS WALKING DOWN STREET. PASS "THE TEAL
STUDIO" |
00:58:41 3410 |
MAN IN TOP HAT WITH SOME THUGS. HIDE DOWN ALLEY
|
00:59:05 3434 |
MEN IN TUXES PULLED INTO ALLEYWAY AS THEY WALK PAST
|
00:59:17 3446 |
MEN IN THEIR SHIRTS & UNDERWEAR RUN AWAY DOWN STREET
CHASED BY GANG OF MEN |
Description: ALL BLACK CAST FILM WITH JULY JONES, SPENCER WILLIAMS, ROSALIE LARRIMORE, HOWARD GALLOWAY, J.W. HEMMINGS, MONTYNE MCCORMICK, MARY LOUISE STEVENS, GEORGE SUTTON. MUSIC BY DON ALBERT & HIS ORCHESTRA. ALL BLACK CAST FEATURE FILM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ONLY FOR THEATERS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCES. SEGREGATION. KNOWN AS "RACE FILM". MUSIC SEQUENCES. AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST, PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS. BLACK NIGHTCLUB. BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT: TOBA OR THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION AKA "TOUGH ON BLACK ARTISTS". BEFORE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT.
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