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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
00:02:31 40
BLACK FOLKS HANGING AROUND OUTSIDE THEATRE LOBBY
00:02:37 46
"ONE MINUTE" NEON SIGN
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
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Year: 1947  Color: Black & White
Genre: BLACK ENTERTAINERS

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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