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"Sweet love, bitter" film collection
- Title
- "Sweet love, bitter" film collection, 1962-1972 bulk 1967.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Mg 710 Folder 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Mg 710 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Mg 710 Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 3 folders
- Summary
- The "Sweet Love, Bitter" film collection consists of the screenplay entitled "Night Song" by Herbert Danska and Lewis Jacob (1963), a film proposal by Nat Hentoff, which was distributed to potential investors, Danska and Jacobs' outline of the movie, and a budget estimate. Additionally, there are an outline of the third and final cut, a location list, five cue cards used by Dick Gregory during filming, and news clippings of advertisements and reviews. Documents relating to the controversy over control and cutting of the film complete this collection.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Motion picture plays.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Record album transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Source (note)
- McBlain Books
- Biography (note)
- "Sweet Love, Bitter" is an independent movie, written, produced and directed in 1967 by Herbert Danska and Lewis Jacobs. The story is based on the novel "Night Song" written by John Williams and was inspired by the life of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. The black and white film starred Dick Gregory as the musician, along with Don Murray, Robert Hooks, and Diana Varsi. This interracial drama dealt with two contemporary American themes - the African American as the creative genius and the African American in American society. In addition, heroin addiction and an interracial love affair were also themes addressed in this film.
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- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc Mg 710
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A309
- Title
- "Sweet love, bitter" film collection, 1962-1972 bulk 1967.
- Biography
- "Sweet Love, Bitter" is an independent movie, written, produced and directed in 1967 by Herbert Danska and Lewis Jacobs. The story is based on the novel "Night Song" written by John Williams and was inspired by the life of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker. The black and white film starred Dick Gregory as the musician, along with Don Murray, Robert Hooks, and Diana Varsi. This interracial drama dealt with two contemporary American themes - the African American as the creative genius and the African American in American society. In addition, heroin addiction and an interracial love affair were also themes addressed in this film.
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- Added Author
- Danska, Herbert. Sweet love, bitter.Jacobs, Lewis. Sweet love, bitter.Williams, John A., 1925-2015. Night song.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Mg 710