01:00:06 6 |
MEN IN POOL HALL SHOOTING POOL & TALKING. MAN IN CHEF
UNIFORM |
01:01:55 116 |
MAN GETTING MANICURE IN BARBER SHOP. MAN SHOWS MEDALS
PINNED TO HIS JACKET. MEN IN BARBER'S CHAIRS GETTING HAIR CUTS. BLACK BARBER SHOP |
01:03:02 182 |
MANICURIST TELLING STORY, CRIES. MAN GIVES HER
HANDKERCHIEF TO WIPES TEARS. |
01:04:11 251 |
MAN ASKS MANICURIST FOR DATE. SHE RINGS BELL & SHOP
WORKER BRINGS MAN'S HAT & CANE. BRUSHES OFF HAIR FROM CUSTOMERS COAT |
01:04:53 294 |
BLACK COFFEE SHOP, LUNCH ROOM. CUSTOMERS EATING AT
COUNTER & TALKING |
01:07:31 451 |
BLACK BAND LEADER LEADING JAZZ BAND ORCHESTRA. WOMAN
DANCING. BAND LEADER ANGRY AT BAND, MAKES THEM DO SONG AGAIN |
01:07:52 472 |
MAN WALKING WITH CANE WON'T LET WOMAN, DRESSE IN
FLAPPER CLOTHING, PASS |
01:08:29 509 |
JAZZ BAND ORCHESTRA PRACTICING. PEOPLE COME IN
LISTENING IN JAZZ HALLS. |
01:08:56 536 |
DOORS OPEN. LAWYER IN TUXEDO ASKS BAND LEADER TO PLAY
CORONET SOLO FOR BENEFIT. FLAPPER TALKS HIM INTO IT |
01:10:53 654 |
WOMAN GIVES HIM BIG KISS. BAND TAKES BREAK. COUPLE
TALKING, PASSING COMPLIMENTS |
01:11:55 716 |
THREE MUSICIANS GO TO CORNER & LOOK AROUND LEFT &
RIGHT AS IF CONSPIRING. MAN WHISPERING IN ANOTHER'S EAR |
01:12:07 727 |
MEN SMOKING CIGARETTES OUTSIDE DOOR. MAN WALKS OUT,
SNUBS SMOKING MEN |
01:12:15 735 |
NOSEY MAN LISTENING TO THREE MUSICIANS FROM BEHIND
CURTAIN. EAVESDROPPING, OVERHEARS CONVERSATION |
01:13:09 789 |
MAN HIDING BEHIND CURTAIN COMES OUT AFTER MEN ARE
GONE. SNAPS HIS FINGERS TOGETHER AS IF IDEA HAS COME TO HIM |
01:13:20 800 |
MEN TALKING IN STREET AT NIGHT
|
01:13:40 821 |
SIGN: "CHAPTER NO. I SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF I WILL
ARISE BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA" |
01:13:50 831 |
FULL HOUSE IN ALL-BLACK THEATER. PEOPLE WALKING IN,
TAKING SEATS |
01:14:02 842 |
BAND LEADER WEARING MEDALS ON JACKET LEADS BAND.
INTERCUTS AUDIENCE. BAND LEADER MAKES FACES AT MEN HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T LIKE |
01:15:06 906 |
AUDIENCE CLAPPING
|
01:15:09 909 |
BAND LEADER INTRODUCED. PLAYS CORONET SOLO. TWO MEN
SNEAK OUT |
01:15:37 937 |
MUSICIAN GOES OUTSIDE, GOING TO PLAY SOLO FOR BAND
LEADER UNDERNEATH STAGE. MEN KIDNAP HIM. ANOTHER MUSICIAN SEES & GOES OUT TO PLAY FOR BAND LEADER WHO STOMPS FLOOR TO CUE MUSICIAN |
01:16:13 973 |
LOOKS ON PEOPLE'S FACES SHOW THEY KNOW IT'S NOT BAND
LEADER PLAYING. |
01:16:54 1014 |
AUDIENCE AFTER SONG. NO APPLAUSE
|
01:17:01 1021 |
BAND LEADER TALKS ABOUT PLAYING SOLO THAT SOUNDS LIKE
A SAXOPHONE FROM A CORONET |
01:17:32 1052 |
TWO MEN FROM AUDIENCE GET UP & CONFRONT BAND LEADER
WHO HITS ONE OVER THE HEAD WITH HIS CORONET. GIVES AUDIENCE SPEECH: CAN'T GIVE ANOTHER SOLO BECAUSE CORONET IS BUSTED |
01:18:18 1098.27 |
THEATER OWNER ASKS AUDIENCE TO HELP REPLACE CORONET.
TAKES CASH COLLECTION |
01:18:18 1098.27 |
BAND LEADER PRESENTED WITH MONEY FOR NEW CORONET ON
STAGE |
01:18:18 1098.27 |
WEDDING MARCH PLAYED AS COUPLE ON STAGE HUGS
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Description: ALL BLACK CAST: SPENCER WILLIAMS, ROBERTA HYSON, HARRY TRACY, NATHAN CURRY, LEON HEREFORD, HARRY PORTER, CURTIS MOSBY & HIS ORCHESTRA. RACIST PORTRAYAL OF BLACK PEOPLE. BLACK LIFESTYLE. RACE FILM.
Keywords: JAZZ BAND
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