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Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel shorts, Boy-Var.

Publication

1939-1940.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 scrapbook (277 photographs) : black and white; 21 cm

Summary

• A scrapbook consisting of 277 black and white, 8 x 10 inch photographs, some with identifying labels, of stills from the short films I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair (1940) (working title: Variety bazaar) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring The Roberts Brothers (Louis, Dan, and Martin), Jack Brooks, David Laughlin, Marilyn Kay (also known as Kay Tapscott), Frances Urban, The Stadlers (Marion and Don ; also known as Stadler & Rose), The Biltmorettes (Joan Baker, Edna Isenburg, and Beverly Sweet), June Sillman (also known as June Carroll), and The Sportsmen (Bill Days, Max Smith, John Rarig, and Thurl Ravenscroft) ; Swing with Bing (1940) directed by Herbert Polesie, produced by Professional Golfers Association of America/Universal Pictures, featuring Bing Crosby, Andy Devine, Mary Treen, and golfers, Frank Hixson, Roy Pickford, and Bill Nary ; Varsity vanities (1940) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Martha Tilton,Ted Arkin, Fern Emmett, Jimmy Dodd (also known as Jimmie Dodd), Buddy Pepper, Peggy Ryan, Denett and Dae, and Six Hits and a Miss (probably Marvin Bailey, Howard Hudson, Jerry Preshaw, Mack McLean, Bill Seckler, Vince Degen, and Pauline Byrne) ; Hawaiian rhythm (1940) (working title: Honolulu bound) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Seina Ala, Kenny Allen, Rita Rio (also known as Dona Drake), Sally and Don Jennings (husband and wife dance team ; Sally Jennings: also known as Sally Joy (birth name) and Mary Louise Winn), Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians, the Royal Samoans, and Stearns and Dean ; The naughty nineties (1940) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Jan Duggan, The Reddingtons (trampoline act), and the Lady Killer's Quartet ; Swingin' in the barn (1940) (also known as Farmyard follies) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Texas Jim Lewis and His Band, Cousin Chester Gunnels, Fred Scott, the King Sisters, Lucille Walker (also known as Lucile Walker), Forest & Towne, Maidie and Ray (Maidie and Ray Blatherwick), Vernon and Draper (Bobby Vernon, also known as A.R. Keller, and Jessie Draper), and the Hill-Billyettes ; Folies Parisienne (1940) (also known as Follies Parisiennes) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Leon Belasco, Harry Stafford, Vyola Vonn (also known as Veola Vonn), the Can-Canettes, Lafayette and LaVerne (apache dancers), the Notables Quartet, Pepper and Peanuts, and the Sterner Sisters ; International revels (1940) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Nick Angelo, Sonny Chorre, Janet Collins, Eugene King, Hans Leiss, Neeatha Perry, Prince Modupe, William G. Sabbot, Vyola Vonn, Jadin Wong, the Cansinos (Carmela and Gabriel), Rudy Frank and the Tyroleans (Winn Bowles and Hans Paulsen), and the Dandridge Sisters ; Bullets and ballads (1940) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Armida, Marilyn Kay (also known as Kay Tapscott), Ken Stevens, the Caits Brothers (Joe and Lou), the Fanchonettes, and the Texas Rangers ; Rhythm jamboree (1940) (working title: Session in rhythm) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Judy Starr, Billy Burt, the Aida Broadbent Dancers (also known as the Ada Broadbent Dancers), the Brown Sisters (Thelma, Melba and Velma), Don Roland and His Tune-smiths, Rollo and Verna Pickert, and Johnny O'Brien and His Harmonica Hi-Hats ; Snow follies (1939) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Bruce Holden, Lola Jensen, Lillian Roth, Ann Triolo (also known as Anne Triola), Consolo and Melba (Phil Consolo and Melba E. Rodeghier), the Fanchonettes, the King Sisters (Alyce, Donna, Louise and Yvonne) and the Morrell Sisters & Billy ; Rhumba land (1939) (working title: An old Spanish custom) directed by Larry Ceballos, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Jimmy Clemens (also known as James Clemens, James K. Clemons and Jimmy Clemons), Vivien Fay, Claude Gordon (accordionist), Wini Shaw (also known as Winifred Shaw), Tana (Tana Devodier), Alfredo Seville and the Singing Charros, Darryl Harpa (also known as Daryl Harpa) and His Rhumba Band, and the Theodores (probably Mina Farragut and Theodore Rand) ; Swing hotel (1939) directed by Ralph Staub, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Duke Daly and his orchestra, Milton Charleston, Jerry Lester, Martha Mears, John and Edna Torrance, the Murtah Sisters, the Notables Quartet, The Screwballs, and the Three Rockets ; Boy meets Joy (1939) directed by Ralph Staub, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring Joy Hodges, Pinky Tomlin, Mary Ruth, Lucille Page, and the Elderblooms.
• Folies Parisienne (1940): "Folies Parisienne ... Fair Entertainment. Using a night club scene as background, a number of variety acts are introduced. Harry Stafford and the Notables Quartet entertain. Vyola Vonn sings and the Can-Can-Ette dance. The Sterner Sisters do a tap and acrobatic routine. Peppy and Peanuts, comedy dancers, present a satire on swing. Lafayette and LaVerne, apache dancers, and the Mercer Bros, complete the show; Leon Belasco is also seen in an amusing number. All in all, fair entertainment." (The film daily, April 18, 1940).
• Hawaiian rhythm (1940): "The pleasant rhythmic style of the native Hawaiian vocal and dance specialist is evidenced here as an extensive array of talent, both American and Hawaiian, performs in a So Sea setting. A highlight of the short is the rendition of a typical ... song by Rita Rio. Among the performers are Don and Sally Jennings, Stearns and Dean, the Royal Samoans, Harry Owens, Kenny Allen and 'The Royal Hawaiian Sweethearts.' This is an entertaining departure from the numerous swing musicals." (Motion picture daily, July 18, 1940).
• The naughty nineties (1940): "From start to finish this subject supplies entertainment that should revive pleasant memories of another day. The setting is a saloon, and everything from singing waiters to Can Can dancers are present to round out the presentation. Jan Duggan's singing is the high spot. The Reddingtons' trampoline act always have been a smash hit ... " (Boxoffice, July 6, 1940).
• Rhumba land (1939): "Latinized Musical. The bill of talent fare in this musical round, set in a Latin locale, may have some appeal to patrons below the Rio Grande or to the metropolitan night spot coteries of Hispanophiles, but to the general run of English speaking audiences the presentation will be not so entertaining or artistic. Outside of the picturesque and graceful toe work of Vivien Fay, the cast offers hardly stimulating screen stuff. Wini Shaw, in her efforts to be a sultry deep toned Latin, gives the impression she is from Manhattan. Then there is ... Tana by name, who bangs on a musical instrument and emits weird vocal cries. There are also a rhumba team, a group of singing gauchos, a dark eyed and plump Latin tenor and a native band." (Motion picture herald, January 6, 1940).
• Rhythm jamboree (1940): "Judy Starr sings; the Brown Sisters do a swing version of a Russian melody; the Tune-Smiths render their version of 'The Answer Is Rhythm.' Johnny O'Brien and his Harmonica Hi-Hats, tap-dancer Billy Burt, and dancers Colby and Arkin complete the bill." (The movies and the people who make them, 1940).
• Swing hotel (1939): "Pop Ork and Vaude Acts. A melange of swing music and vaudeville acts in this short should please the pop trade. Duke Daly and his orchestra provide the music. Short has a background of a hotel where all the employees put on their own show after the customers go to bed. Among the stage and screen names appearing are: Martha Mears, radio singer; John and Edna Torrance, dancers; The Murtah Sisters, comedy singers. Jerry Lester and Milton Charleston, comedians; The Three Rockets, rhythm dancers, and The Notables Quartet." (The film daily, October 19, 1939).
• Swing with Bing (1940): "This is a very cute little short which will be of interest to golf fans because of the glimpses of some of the game's biggest names in action, and to picture fans because of the tuneful warbling and merry antics of Bing Crosby as he is without benefit of grease paint and a script ... Arthur Q. Bryan, of the radio, playing a comedy role, a dub golfer, helps carry the audience through the maze of big names, assisted by a clever narration by Roger Keene ... Appearing, in the film ... photographed well by Al Wetzel, are Ty Cobb, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thompson, Bud Ward, Walter Hagen, Clayton Heafner, Jimmy Demaret, Jug McSpaden, Lawson Little, Ed Oliver, Frank Rodia, Leo Deigel, Tony Penna, Scotty Chisolm, former golf champion, Henry McLemore, sports writer, and Richard Arlen, screen-star-golfer. An original song, 'The Little White Pill on the Little Green Hill,' by John Burke and James Monaco, as rendered twice by Bing in the picture, should become very popular. It's a natural Crosby number with lots of swing. The short was made at Crosby's Rancho Santa Fe course ... " (The film daily, April 3, 1940).
• Swingin' in the barn (1940): "With a barn for the story setting, a number of youthful and fast moving acts perform in this two-reeler. It is altogether entertainment of a sound nature and should please wherever the audience relishes the simpler forms of entertainment. The King Sisters sing; Texas Jim Lewis and his band supply the musical background; Maidie and Fay offer acrobatic dancing and the Hill Billyettes offer a dancing ensemble. It has hardly a dull moment." (Boxoffice, June 22, 1940).

Alternative Title

• Two reel musicals
• 2 reel musicals
• Two reel shorts
• 2 reel shorts

Subjects

• Albums
• Modupe, Prince, > depicted
• Stadler & Rose, depicted
• Heafner, Clayton, 1914-1960, > depicted
• Boy meets Joy (Motion picture)
• Belasco, Leon, 1902-1988, > depicted
• Albums > United States > Photographs
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Photographs
• Duggan, Jan, 1881-1977, > depicted
• Arkin, Ted, approximately 1924- > depicted
• Naughty nineties (Motion picture : 1940)
• Tilton, Martha, > depicted
• Swing hotel (Motion picture)
• Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963, > depicted
• Scrapbooks
• Rose, Don (Donald), > depicted
• Carroll, June, > depicted
• Tana (Actress), > depicted
• Royal Hawaiian Sweethearts, depicted
• Brooks, Jack, 1912-1971, > depicted
• Motion pictures, American > Photographs
• International revels (Motion picture)
• Biltmorettes (Acrobatic dance group), depicted
• Draper, Jessie, 1914-2009, > depicted
• Rarig, John, > depicted
• Ward, Bud, 1913-1968, > depicted
• Stearns and Dean (Dance team), depicted
• Gunnels, Chester, > depicted
• Pickert, Rollo, > depicted
• King Sisters, depicted
• Vernon, Bobby (Dancer), > depicted
• Texas Rangers (Musical group), depicted
• Hawaiian rhythm (Motion picture)
• Photographic prints
• O'Brien, Johnny, 1902-1991, > depicted
• Pickert, Verna, > depicted
• Follies Parisiennes (Motion picture)
• Musical films > United States > Photographs
• Hixson, Frank (Golfer), > depicted
• Cansino, Carmela, > depicted
• Ceballos, Larry, 1887-1978
• Caits Brothers, depicted
• Devine, Andy, 1905-1977, > depicted
• Jennings, Don (Dancer), > depicted
• Clemens, James, 1883-1950, > depicted
• Harpa, Daryl, > depicted
• Vonn, Veola, 1918-1995, > depicted
• Fay, Vivien, 1914- > depicted
• Starr, Judy, > depicted
• Smith, Max, 1913-1999, > depicted
• Brown Sisters (Musical group), depicted
• Lafayette and LaVerne, depicted
• Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club Photographs
• John and Edna Torrance (Dance team), depicted
• Maidie and Ray (Trick roping duo), depicted
• Notables (Vocal group), depicted
• Lester, Jerry, > depicted
• Ruth, Mary, 1931-2018, > depicted
• Swingin' in the barn (Motion picture)
• Pepper, Buddy, > depicted
• Roth, Lillian, 1910-1980, > depicted
• Scott, Fred, 1902-1991, > depicted
• Dodd, Jimmie, 1910-1964, > depicted
• Armida, 1911-1989, > depicted
• Sportsmen (Musical group), depicted
• Fanchonettes, depicted
• Sterner Sisters, depicted
• Lewis, Texas Jim, > depicted
• Mears, Martha, 1910-1986, > depicted
• Six Hits and a Miss (Musical group), depicted
• Bullets and ballads (Motion picture)
• Don and Sally Jennings (Dance team), depicted
• Stadler, Marion, 1911-2001 > depicted
• Demaret, Jimmy, > depicted
• Murtah Sisters, depicted
• Charleston, Milton, > depicted
• Stafford Harry, 1873-1950, > depicted
• Can-Canettes (Dance group), depicted
• Rhumba land (Motion picture)
• Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, > depicted
• Golfers > Photographs
• Burt, Billy, > depicted
• Pepper and Peanuts (Dance team), depicted
• Roberts Brothers (Instrumental group), depicted
• Rhythm jamboree (Motion picture)
• Ravenscroft, Thurl, > depicted
• Triola, Anne, > depicted
• Allen, Kenny (Singer), > depicted
• Owens, Harry, > depicted
• Varsity vanities (Motion picture)
• Drake, Dona, 1914-1989, > depicted
• Treen, Mary, 1907-1989, > depicted
• Royal Samoans (Musical group), depicted
• Swing with Bing (Motion picture)
• Shaw, Winifred, 1899-1982, > depicted
• Collins, Janet, 1917-2003, > depicted
• Golf > Photographs
• Holden, Bruce, > depicted
• Days, Bill, 1911-2002, > depicted
• Gordon, Claude, > depicted
• Page, Lucille, 1913-1964, > depicted
• Emmett, Fern, 1896-1946, > depicted
• Wong, Jadin, > depicted
• Royal Hawaiians (Musical group), depicted
• Three Rockets (Dance team), depicted
• Hill-Billyettes, depicted
• Short films > United States > Photographs
• Tomlin, Pinky, 1907-1987, > depicted
• Big bands in motion pictures > Photographs
• Nary, Bill, 1915-2010, > depicted
• Dandridge Sisters, depicted
• Theodores (Dance team), depicted
• Jensen, Lola, 1919-2001, > depicted
• Rodeghier, Melba E., -1988, > depicted
• Seville, Alfredo, > depicted
• I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair (Motion picture)
• Chisholm, D. Scott "Scotty", > depicted
• Denett and Dae, depicted
• Chorre, Sonny, > depicted
• Harmonica Hi-Hats (Musical group), depicted
• Daly, Duke, > depicted
• Caits, Louis, > depicted
• Elderblooms (Vocal group), depicted
• Joy, Sally, active 1913-1991, > depicted
• Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004, > depicted
• Consolo and Melba (Dance team), depicted
• Caits, Joseph, 1888-1957, > depicted
• Forrest & Towne (Accordion duo), depicted
• Tapscott, Kay, 1933-2001, > depicted
• Hodges, Joy, 1915-2003, > depicted
• Aida Broadbent Dancers, depicted
• Angelo, Nick, > depicted
• Pickford, Roy (Golfer), > depicted
• Vernon and Draper (Dance team), depicted
• Consolo, Phil, > depicted
• Snow follies (Motion picture)

Genre/Form

• Albums.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.

Note

• Many of the titles represented in the scrapbook were presented by Universal Pictures as "A New Universal Short Subject" or "A Universal Short Subject."
• Bullets and ballads (1940) and Rhythm jamboree (1940): Even though these shorts were released in 1940, the photographs bear an imprinted copyright date of 1939.
• Title devised by cataloger.
• Compiled and bound at The New York Public Library.

Contents

Boy meets Joy -- Bullets and ballads -- Farmyard follies -- Folies Parisienne -- Follies Parisiennes -- Hawaiian rhythm -- I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair -- International revels -- Naughty nineties -- Rhumba land -- Rhythm jamboree -- Snow follies -- Swing hotel -- Swing with Bing -- Swingin' in the barn -- Varsity vanities.

Call Number

MFLB 1088 (Two reel shorts, Boy-Var)

OCLC

1083550358

Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel shorts, Boy-Var.

Production

1939-1940.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

MFLB 1088 (Two reel shorts, Boy-Var)