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EXCERPTS FROM RARE ALL BLACK CAST MUSICAL FEATURE FILM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ONLY FOR THEATERS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCES. SEGREGATION. KNOWN AS "RACE FILM". AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST, PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS. BLACK NIGHTCLUB. BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT: TOBA OR THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION AKA "TOUGH ON BLACK ARTISTS". BEFORE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT. AFTER HARLEM RENAISSANCE. CHORUS GIRLS AND TAP DANCERS IN HARLEM NIGHT CLUB ALA COTTON CLUB. SING AND DANCE TO DINAH. ON STAGE IN LAFAYETTE THEATER IN HARLEM.
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| 00:02:00 65.03 |
HARLEM AMATEUR CONTEST WASHBOARD BAND - DINAH
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| 00:04:40 225.03 |
BLACK VAUDEVILLE STAR GEORGE WILLIAMS WITH SINGER CORRINE HART
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| 00:06:48 353.03 |
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE ORCHESTRA
IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE ORCHESTRA - IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)
PERFORMED IN HARLEM NIGHTCLUB WITH SCAT SINGING |
| 00:08:00 425.03 |
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE ORCHESTRA
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE - SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
BLACK NIGHTCLUB PATRONS DANCE TO LIVE BAND REAL HARLEM NIGHTCLUB NIGHTLIFE FOOTAGE |
| 00:09:15 500.03 |
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE ORCHESTRA
MINNIE THE MOOCHER'S WEDDING
PUTNEY DANDRIDGE - MINNIE THE MOOCHER'S WEDDING
(HAROLD ARLEN TUNE FOR COTTON CLUB REVUE) |
| 00:10:09 554.03 |
BLACK COMICS IN BLACKFACE PLAY POKER
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| 00:11:33 638.03 |
LUCKY MILLINDER & HIS ORCHESTRA
JIG TIME
LUCKY MILLENDER & BAND WITH CHORUS GIRLS AND
SINGER. GREAT BLACK BROADWAY OR VAUDEVILLE STYLE PERFORMANCE ALA TOBA CIRCUT ALL BLACK CAST SHOW PRODUCTION NUMBER IS JIG TIME RUBBERLEGS STLE ECCENTRIC DANCING |
| 00:13:40 765.03 |
DANCERS COME OFF STAGE, BITCHY LEAD DANCER BUMPS INTO PLAIN GIRL WAITING BACKSTAGE & KNOCKS HER ONTO GROUND.
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| 00:14:04 789.03 |
MALE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STAGEHAND BACKSTAGE WORKING LIGHTING BOARD
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| 00:14:10 795.03 |
BLACK CHORUS GIRLS ON STAGE DANCE TO BAND. HOT
JAZZ HARLEM SPEAKEASY SHOW |
| 00:16:29 934.03 |
TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK MEN BACKSTAGE IN MINSTREL BLACK-FACE ARGUING WITH INSULTS
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| 00:16:50 955.03 |
BILLY HIGGINS
(no title available)
BILLY HIGGINS - BLACKFACE MINSTREL TYPE
PERFORMER SINGS EMMETT MILLER STYLE. BLACK IN BLACKFACE |
| 00:18:35 1060.03 |
BLACKFACE COMEDY TEAM. REAL BLACKS IN BLACKFACE
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| 00:18:38 1063.03 |
BACK ROWS OF FANCY THEATER AS BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUDIENCE APPLAUD. SOME PEOPLE LEAVE
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| 00:18:41 1066.03 |
BLACK-FACE COMEDY TEAM. AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN IN MINSTREL BLACK-FACE
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| 00:21:10 1215.03 |
ON STAGE CHORUS LINE AND BAND DANCE TO "PLEASE"
TOBA STYLE SHOW CIRCA EARLY 1930S |
| 00:24:00 1385.03 |
LUCKY MILLINDER
NAGASAKI
LUCKY MILLENDER - NAGASAKI WITH SCAT VOCAL
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| 00:27:00 1565.03 |
GERTRUDE SHORT
IT DON'T MEAN A THING
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| 00:29:50 1735.03 |
LUCKY MILLENDER ON HARLEM THEATRE MARQUEE
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Specialty CollectionGenre: BLACK ENTERTAINERS
Description: EXCERPTS FROM RARE ALL BLACK CAST MUSICAL FEATURE FILM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ONLY FOR THEATERS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUDIENCES. SEGREGATION. KNOWN AS "RACE FILM". AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST, PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS. BLACK NIGHTCLUB. BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT: TOBA OR THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION AKA "TOUGH ON BLACK ARTISTS". BEFORE CHITLIN' CIRCUIT. AFTER HARLEM RENAISSANCE. STARS: LUCKY MILLINDER'S BAND, PUTNEY DANDRIDGE ORCHESTRA, BILLIE HIGGINS, GERTRUDE SHORT, JACKIE GODFREY, LIONEL MONOGAS, JOHNNY VIGEL, GALLIE DE GASTEN, JOE BYRD, SKEETS WINSTON, GEORGE WILLIAMS, JACKIE YOUNG. CONTAINS MUSICAL NUMBERS IN NIGHTCLUB SETTING, AS WELL AS TYPICAL TOBA-THEATRES OF THE SOUTH (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA).
Keywords: music hall
