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Wild women don't have the blues
- Title
- Wild women don't have the blues/ directed by Christine Dall.
- Publication
- San Francisco : California Newsreel, [2007?]
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- Additional Authors
- Dall, Christine
- Valkenburgh, Carol Doyle Van
- Burrows, Vinie
- Ascher, Steven
- Taylor, Koko
- Berry, Charley
- Hunter, Alberta
- D'Alvarez, Marguerite, 1886-1953
- Smith, Trixie, 1895-1943
- Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
- Smith, Mamie
- Smith, Clara
- Morris, Elida, 1886-1977
- Ash, Samuel
- Calliope Film Resources, Inc., production company.
- California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
- Jazz Hounds, performer.
- Butterbeans & Susie (Musical group), performer.
- Birmingham Jubilee Singers, performer.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. & b&w; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Through historic performances and recordings, captures the spirit of such pioneering blues women as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, and others.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Musical films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Originally produced in 1989.
- Credits (note)
- Producers, Christine Dall, Carole van Falkenburg ; cinematographer, Steven Ascher ; editor, Jeanne Jordan ; Calliope Film Resources, Inc.
- System Details (note)
- DVD-R; NTSC, stereo.
- Contents
- I cried like a baby / Koko Taylor -- Cornfield hollers / Charley Berry -- Downhearted blues / Alberta Hunter -- Pres des remparts de Seville / Marguerite d'Alvarez -- Freight train blues / Trixie Smith -- Frankie and Johnny / Ethel Waters -- Wasted life blues / Bessie Smith -- Dirty no-gooder blues / Bessie Smith -- Devil's gonna get you / Bessie Smith -- Work house blues / Bessie Smith -- Crazy blues / Mamie Smith & her Jazz Hounds -- I used to be your sweet mama / Bessie Smith -- Oh yeah / Butterbeans & Suzie Edwards -- Papa I don't need you now / Clara Smith -- Hello Frisco / Elida Morris & Sam Ash -- I heard the preaching of the elders / Birmingham Jubilee Singers.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1903
- OCLC
- 133564012
- Title
- Wild women don't have the blues/ directed by Christine Dall.
- Imprint
- San Francisco : California Newsreel, [2007?]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- System Details
- DVD-R; NTSC, stereo.
- Performer
- Narrator, Vinie Burrows ; with: Koko Taylor, Danny Baker, Mae Barnes, Doll Thomas, Chris Albertson, Sammy Price, Ida Goodson, Blue Lu Barker.
- Credits
- Producers, Christine Dall, Carole van Falkenburg ; cinematographer, Steven Ascher ; editor, Jeanne Jordan ; Calliope Film Resources, Inc.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dall, Christine, film director.Valkenburgh, Carol Doyle Van, film producer.Burrows, Vinie, narrator.Ascher, Steven, cinematographer.Taylor, Koko, performer.Berry, Charley, performer.Hunter, Alberta, performer.D'Alvarez, Marguerite, 1886-1953, performer.Smith, Trixie, 1895-1943, performer.Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, performer.Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937, performer.Smith, Mamie, performer.Smith, Clara, performer.Morris, Elida, 1886-1977, performer.Ash, Samuel, performer.Calliope Film Resources, Inc., production company.California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.Jazz Hounds, performer.Butterbeans & Susie (Musical group), performer.Birmingham Jubilee Singers, performer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1903