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That's Black entertainment

Title: That's Black entertainment [videorecording] / produced by Barbara L. Kaye.
Publication: North Hollywood, CA : Produced and distributed by OnDeck Home Entertainment, c1997.

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Description

2 videocassettes (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Vol. 1 covers the history of Black filmmaking from its earliest days through the twenties, focusing on the movies that were made and the production companies that produced them and includes three short films. Vol. 2 compiles a vintage video collection of three-minute music videos called "soundies" that were originally screened on a visual jukebox called Panorams during the 1940s.

Alternative Title

African-American contributions in film and music, 1903-1944
Race movies : the early history of Black cinema.
St. Louis blues.
Hi-de-ho.
Boogie-woogie dream.
Soundies era : Black music video's from the 1940's.

Subject

Genre/Form

Drama.
Music.

Note

Title from cassette label.

Credits (note)

Editor, Mary A. Santos.

System Details (note)

VHS.

Contents

v. 1, Race movies : the early history of Black cinema with three original short films. St. Louis blues (starring Bessie Smith) -- Hi-de-ho (starring Cab Calloway) -- Boogie-woogie dream (starring Lena Horne).
v. 2, The soundies era : Black music video's from the 1940's. Hey lawdy mama (June Richmond with Roy Milton and his band) -- Take me back, baby (Count Basie Orchestra) -- Some of these days (Maxine Sullivan) -- Beat me, daddy (Maurice Rocco) -- Is you is, or is you ain't my baby? (King Cole Trio and Ida James) -- Baby won't you please come home (Herb Jeffries) -- Keep waitin' (George Washington Brown) -- Toot that trumpet (Deep River Boys) -- Keep smiling (Four Ginger Snaps) -- Babbling Bess (Chanticleers) -- Dispossessed blues (Lynn Albritton and the Four Knobs) -- Lovin' up a solid breeze (Chanticleers) -- Block party revels (Billy and Ann, Lynn Albritton, Four Knobs, the Harlem Cuties) -- Minnie the moocher (Cab Calloway and his orchestra) -- I call it love (King Cole Trio) -- King of the vibes (Lionel Hampton).

OCLC

36654967

Title

That's Black entertainment [videorecording] / produced by Barbara L. Kaye.

Imprint

North Hollywood, CA : Produced and distributed by OnDeck Home Entertainment, c1997.

System Details

VHS.

Credits

Editor, Mary A. Santos.

Performer

Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne, Nat "King" Cole, Ida James, Lionel Hampton, June Richmond, Count Basie.

Added Author

Kaye, Barbara L.

Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937. Performer

Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994. Performer

Horne, Lena. Performer

Richmond, June, 1915-1962. Performer

Milton, Roy. Performer

Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987. Performer

Rocco, Maurice. Performer

James, Ida. Performer

Jeffries, Herb. Performer

Brown, George Washington. Performer

Albritton, Lynn. Performer

Hampton, Lionel. Performer

OnDeck Home Entertainment (Firm)

Count Basie Orchestra. Performer

King Cole Trio. Performer

Deep River Boys. Performer

Four Ginger Snaps (Musical group) Performer

Chanticleers (Musical group) Performer

Four Knobs (Musical group) Performer

Harlem Cuties (Musical group) Performer

Added Title

Race movies : the early history of Black cinema.

St. Louis blues.

Hi-de-ho.

Boogie-woogie dream.

Soundies era : Black music video's from the 1940's.

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