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Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel musicals, Ban-Tak.

Publication

1945-1946.

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Details

Description

1 scrapbook (179 photographs) : black and white; 21 cm

Summary

• A scrapbook consisting of 179 black and white, 8 x 10 inch photographs, some with identifying labels, of stills from the short films Champagne music (1946) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Lawrence Welk and his orchestra, Pat Alphin, Judy Clark, Joan Mowry, Betty Jane Pettit, Kenny Stevens, and Jon & Inga Zerby [Inga 'Inge' Wiere Zerby] ; Frontier frolic (1946) directed by Lewis D. Collins, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan, Pat Starling, the McKinney Sisters (Dean [Dean McKinney Moore] and Evelyn [Margaret Evelyn McKinney (Wills)/(Stevens)]), and the Modernaires ; Breakin' it down (1946) (working title: Tune town) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Del Courtney and his orchestra, Louis Da Pron, Dottie Dotson and the Town Criers (Elva [Elva Irene Polk Shanahan], Gordon, Lucy Ann, and Vernon Polk) ; Swingin' down the scale (1946) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Alvino Rey and his orchestra, and the King Sisters (Alyce, Donna, Marilyn, and Yvonne) ; Banquet of melody (1946) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Matty Malneck and his orchestra (including Milton DeLugg, Abe Most, and Manny Stevens), Peggy Lee, Rosa Linda, Robert Maxwell, and the Delta Rhythm Boys ; Takin' the breaks (1946) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Russ Morgan and his orchestra, Judy Clark, Barbara Perry, and the Dinning Sisters (Ginger, Jean, and Lou) ; Swing high, swing sweet (1946) directed by Will Cowan and Lewis D. Collins, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Jan Savitt and his orchestra (including Ted Alexander), Howard Arnold, Johnny Chech, Jerry Elliot, Joan Shawlee (as Joan Fulton), Rosemary Knighton, Charles Montclair, Ella Mae Morse, Kathleen O'Malley, Harris Pace, Karen Randle, Shirley Sutter, and the Delta Rhythm Boys ; Hot and hectic (1945) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Tommy Tucker and his orchestra (Tommy Tucker Time), Don Brown, Kathleen O'Malley, Corinne and Tito Valdez, and the Three Two-Timers (Janet Dinnell, Gladys Gayle, and Mary Anne Wayne) ; Melody stampede (1945) directed by Will Cowan, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Spade Cooley and his orchestra (including Smokey Rogers and Tex Williams), Carolina Cotton, Jimmie Dodd, Fuzzy Knight, Carole and Jodie Gray, the Corral Cuties (Poni Adams [also known as Jane Adams], Daun Kennedy, and Jean Trent), and the Pickard Family.
• Banquet of melody (1946): "Pretty Sharp. Featured are Matty Malneck, his orchestra, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Peggy Lee and Rosa Linda. The Boys do 'Dry Bones' to perfection, Rosa Linda offers a terrific piano arrangement from 'Carmen,' Peggy Lee sings 'I Don't Know Enough About You' and 'Don't Blame Me' very pleasingly, and the orchestra gives out with 'My Blue Heaven,' 'Poet and Peasant' and 'Stompin' At The Savoy.' The talent is there, but it hasn't been shown to best advantage. Nevertheless, its pace and continuity should carry it through." (The film daily, April 23, 1946).
• Breakin' it down (1946): "Del Courtney's Orchestra opens with 'Symphony Moderne' for a school party in a fashionable home. The Town Criers, radio-recording artists, sing 'Just a-Sittin' and a- Rockin,' ' Dottie Dotson sings 'Knock Me a Kiss,' and 'Do You Believe in Loving, Honey?' Universal dance director Louis Da Pron does a tap specialty to Stephen Foster's 'Swanee River,' and the Courtney aggregation conclude with 'Second Hungarian Rhapsody.' " (Motion picture herald, October 26, 1946).
• Champagne music (1946): "Lawrence Welk and his orchestra, against a pent-house night club atmosphere, offer such tunes as 'Josephine,' 'Stumblin',' 'Honey' and 'Running Wild' in medley form, vocalist Betty Jane Pettit sings 'No Can Do,' Judy Clark offers 'PlayMates' and 'I'm Nobody's Baby' and Kenny Stevens sings 'Alone.' A two-some is spotlighted in the persons of Pat Alphin and Kenny Stevens who duet on 'Let's Play House,' and Jon and Inga Zerby, a ballroom team, perform to the strains of 'I'm looking for a girl like you' and 'Champagne Polka.' Plenty of music and nice variation of same." (The film daily, January 17, 1947).
• Frontier frolic (1946): "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, in a Las Vegas dude ranch setting, prove most of the music for this one, opening with 'Texas Playboy Rag.' Featured are 'The Modernaires,' a quintette; the McKinney sisters; Pat Starling, the dancer, and vocalist Tommy Duncan who sings 'San Antonio Rose.' The featurette concludes with 'Goodbye, Liza Jane." Release date, October 9, 1946 ... " (Motion picture herald, December 28, 1946).
• Hot and hectic (1945): "Tommy Tucker and his orchestra are featured in this musical. Musical numbers include 'Oh How I Love You,' 'Boarding House Jump,' 'Chopin's Nocturne No. 2,' 'Sweet and Lovely,' 'Sleepy Time Gal,' and 'Spell of the Moon.' There are also appearances by Tucker's vocal groups and Corinne and Tito Valdez, dance team. Release date, November 28, 1945 ... " (Motion picture herald, February 16, 1946).
• Swing high, swing sweet (1946): "Jan Savitt and his orchestra offer jazz and sweet musical numbers and feature Ella Mae Morse singing her famous 'Cow Cow Boogie.' Additionally, the Delta Rhythm Boys sing 'What a Diflference a Day Makes' and Savitt plays 'Caprice' for a violin solo. Release date, February 20, 1946 ... " (Motion picture herald, March 23, 1946).
• Takin' the breaks (1946): "Russ Morgan and his orchestra are starred in this 'Name Band' musical, with dances "Russ Morgan and his orchestra are starred in this 'Name Band' musical, with dances DeHottie,' 'At Sundown,' 'Small Fry,' 'Mary Lee,' and 'Danza de Barbara.' " (Motion picture daily, July 19, 1946).

Alternative Title

• Two reel musicals
• 2 reel musicals

Subjects

• Albums
• Adams, Jane, 1918-2014, > depicted
• Breakin' it down (Motion picture)
• Town Criers (Musical group), depicted
• Banquet of melody (Motion picture)
• Mowry, Joan, > depicted
• Pickard Family (Musical group), depicted
• Knighton, Rosemary, > depicted
• Melody stampede (Motion picture)
• Tucker, Tommy, > depicted
• Brown, Donald, dance band vocalist, > depicted
• Swing high, swing sweet (Motion picture)
• Polk, Vernon, > depicted
• Texas Playboys, depicted
• Cotton, Carolina, 1925-1997, > depicted
• Alvino Rey Orchestra, depicted
• Valdez, Tito, > depicted
• Cooley, Spade, 1910-1969, > depicted
• Morse, Ella Mae, > depicted
• Modernaires (Musical group), depicted
• Most, Abe, > depicted
• Knight, Fuzzy, 1901-1976, > depicted
• King, Marilyn, 1931-2013, > depicted
• Shawlee, Joan, > depicted
• Perry, Barbara, 1923- > depicted
• Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002, > depicted
• Polk, Lucy Ann, > depicted
• McKinney Sisters (Musical group), depicted
• Pettit, Betty Jane, 1922-1996, > depicted
• Clark, Judy, 1924-2002, > depicted
• Rey, Alvino, 1908-2004, > depicted
• Lawrence Welk Orchestra, depicted
• Big bands in motion pictures > Photographs
• Photographic prints
• Da Pron, Louis, > depicted
• Champagne music (Motion picture)
• Hot and hectic (Motion picture)
• Collins, Lewis D., 1899-1954
• Rogers, Smokey, 1917-1993, > depicted
• Gayle, Gibson, > depicted
• Stevens, Kenny, 1918- > depicted
• King, Alyce, > depicted
• Wayne, Mary Anne, > depicted
• Williams, Tex, > depicted
• Savitt, Jan, > depicted
• King, Yvonne, 1920-2009, > depicted
• Dinning, Lou, > depicted
• Alexander, Ted, 1917-2011, > depicted
• DeLugg, Milton, > depicted
• Kennedy, Daun, 1922-2002, > depicted
• Randle, Karen, 1923-2011, > depicted
• Dodd, Jimmie, 1910-1964, > depicted
• Dinnell, Janet, > depicted
• Short films > United States > Photographs
• Delta Rhythm Boys, depicted
• Malneck, Matty, > depicted
• Chech, Johnny, > depicted
• Tommy Tucker Time (Musical group), depicted
• Scrapbooks
• Trent, Jean, > depicted
• Motion pictures, American > Photographs
• Jon & Inga Zerby (Dance team), depicted
• King, Donna, 1918- > depicted
• Courtney, Del, > depicted
• Stevens, Manny, > depicted
• Three Two Timers (Musical group), depicted
• Welk, Lawrence, 1903-1992, > depicted
• Morgan, Russ, 1904-1969, > depicted
• Duncan, Tommy, > depicted
• Wills, Bob, 1905-1975, > depicted
• Linda, Rosa, > depicted
• Swingin' down the scale (Motion picture)
• Polk, Gordon, > depicted
• Frontier frolic (Motion picture)
• Musical films > United States > Photographs
• Shanahan, Elva Irene, 1924-1973, > depicted
• Starling, Pat, 1927-2006, > depicted
• Dinning Sisters, depicted
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Photographs
• Dotson, Dottie, > depicted
• Albums > United States > Photographs
• Takin' the breaks (Motion picture)
• Alphin, Patricia, 1926- > depicted
• Maxwell, Robert, 1921-2012, > depicted
• King Sisters, depicted
• Valdez, Corinne, > depicted
• Russ Morgan's Orchestra, depicted

Genre/Form

• Albums.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.

Note

• Many of the titles represented in the scrapbook were presented by Universal Pictures as "A Universal Featurette."
• Title from spine.
• Compiled and bound at The New York Public Library.

Contents

Banquet of melody -- Breakin' it down -- Champagne music -- Frontier frolic -- Hot and hectic -- Melody stampede -- Swing high, swing sweet -- Swingin' down the scale -- Takin' the breaks.

Call Number

MFLB 1097 (Two reel musicals, Ban-Tak)

OCLC

1083646513

Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel musicals, Ban-Tak.

Production

1945-1946.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

MFLB 1097 (Two reel musicals, Ban-Tak)