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Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel musicals, Cha-Swi.

Publication

1942.

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Details

Description

1 scrapbook (106 photographs) : black and white; 21 cm

Summary

• A scrapbook consisting of 106 black and white, 8 x 10 inch photographs, some with identifying labels, of stills from the short films Russian revels (1943) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring James Alexander, Dolores Grant, Helen Johnson, Nina Koshetz, Adia Kuznetzoff, Gertrude Niesen, Alex Novinsky (as Alexander Novinsky), and William Sabbot ; Swingtime blues (1942) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Bob Chester and his orchestra (includes Benny Bennett, Norman Bennett, John Bothwell, Ernie Figueroa, Paul Geil, Joe Harris, Theodore Lee, Al Mastren, Jack Mootz, and Herb Steward), Catherine Guy, Louis Da Pron, Martha Manning, Gertrude Niesen, Gwen Stith, and Frances and Grey ; Hit tune jamboree (1943) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring George Olsen and his orchestra, Martha Mears, the Howard-Paysee Dancers (James & Beverly Paysee, Howard Smith and Gloria Gonzales), and the Mills Brothers ; Chasin' the blues (1942) (also known as Chasing the blues) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Ted Fio-Rito and his orchestra, Jack Barnett, Candy Candido, Margery Daye, Fifi D'Orsay, Spec O'Donnell, and the King's Men (Ken Darby, Jon Dodson, Bud Linn, and Rad Robinson) ; Swing's the thing (1942) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Del Courtney and his orchestra, Carol Bruce, Eleanor Counts, Betty Crane, Louis Da Pron, the Crackerjacks, and Rollet and Dorothea ; Serenade in swing (1942) (also known as Jan Savitt's Serenade in swing ; working title: Broadway shadows) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Jan Savitt and his orchestra, Kenny Stevens, Martha Tilton, the Rhythm Rascals, and Six Hits and a Miss (probably Marvin Bailey, Howard Hudson, Jerry Preshaw, Mack McLean, Bill Seckler, Vince Degen and Pauline Byrne) ; Jivin' jam session (1942) directed by Reginald Le Borg, produced by Will Cowan/Universal Pictures, featuring Sonny Dunham and his orchestra, Harriet Clark, Jimmie Dodd, Louis Da Pron, Ray Kellogg, and the Three Comets featuring La Verne Thompson.
• Chasin' the blues (1942): {28}CHASIN THE BLUES. Universal Name-Band Musical. 15m. Ted Fiorito and band play a few numbers, Fifi Dorsey and the Kings Men sing, and Margery Daye, the Stapletons, and Candy Candido perform, and the result is a run-of-the-mill short. It makes for pleasant, if unexciting, entertainment. Songs are: Seein Nellie Home, Youre A Sweetheart, Whistle Your Blues To a Bluebird, Its Fifi, Mr. Yankee Doodle, No, No, Nora, Jumpin Jive, and The Blacksmiths song.
• Hit tune jamboree (1943): {28}Zippy. Lovers of popular music will react favorably toward this display of the art of George Olsen and his orchestra. Featured are a number of tunes which enjoy great popularity among young people. They include He's My Guy, Woodchoppers' Ball, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Green Eyes, Congomania, Heart of Harlem, Sleepy-Time Gal, Tiger Rag. Martha Mears lends her voice to the first one. The presence of the Mills Bros, adds to the short's attraction. They give Tiger Rag an especially good going-over.
• Russian revels (1943): {28}This features Gertrude Niesen, Gregory Stone and Ensemble, Adia Kuznetzoff, Nina Koshetz, James Alexander, William Sabott, and other Russian artists. In a Russian wedding setting they deliver folk songs and dances in Russian, including a sword dance. The songs are, with the exception of one, in Russian, and this, perhaps, limits the value of the short to certain language spots. Songs are; When Moscow Sings and Dances; Lezginka, Kazbek, Niet, Slava, Trostchay, Bublitchki, Bottoms Up, and God Save Thy People. FAIR.
• Serenade in swing (1942): {28}Cashing in on the radio and present name-popularity of Jan Savitt's orchestra, the producers here have concocted a highly original short. It offers the Savitt crew in the most favorable light & Six Hits and a Miss, seven member singing combination, measures up to its radio rep. Opening stems from a blackout of Broadway (N. Y.), with orchestra members taking cover in a museum. What ensues is supposed to be a rehearsal, giving film an informal touch. Martha Tilton, at one time with Benny Goodman's band, sings 'Whispering.' while Kenny Stevens vocalizes 'Now and Forever.' Both click, the comely Miss Tilton scoring on her ballading and looks. 'Six Hits' are best with 'There'll Be Some Changes Made.' Rhythm Rascals, male vocal threesome, romp through a swing tune. Miss Tilton and Stevens come back for duet of 'Ill Remember April and You & {28} (Variety, October 7, 1942).
• Swing's the thing (1942): {28}Del Courtney and his orchestra are featured in this nightclub short with a variety of musical entertainment. Carol Bruce sings Temptation and Saint Louis Blues and an acrobatic dance team, the Crackerjack Foursome, perform in a novelty number. Also among the dancers is a magician with a disappearing partner.

Alternative Title

• Two reel musicals
• 2 reel musicals

Subjects

• Albums
• Scheerer, Robert, 1928-2018, > depicted
• Dodd, Jimmie, 1910-1964, > depicted
• Counts, Eleanor, 1918-1950, > depicted
• Alexander, James, 1914-1961, > depicted
• Mears, Martha, 1910-1986, > depicted
• Bruce, Carol, 1919-2007, > depicted
• Mootz, Jack, > depicted
• Dodson, Jon, 1907-1963, > depicted
• Frances and Grey (Dance team), depicted
• Short films > United States > Photographs
• Big bands in motion pictures > Photographs
• Mills Brothers, depicted
• Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004, > depicted
• O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, > depicted
• Tilton, Martha, > depicted
• Give out, sisters (Motion picture)
• Clark, Harriet, > depicted
• Fiorito, Ted, 1900-1971, > depicted
• Candido, Candy, > depicted
• Bennett, Benny, > depicted
• Darby, Ken, > depicted
• Collins, Cora Sue, > depicted
• King's Men (Musical group), depicted
• Mastren, Al, -1992, > depicted
• Photographic prints
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Photographs
• Hit tune jamboree (Motion picture)
• Motion pictures, American > Photographs
• Six Hits and a Miss (Musical group), depicted
• Koshetz, Nina, 1894-1965, > depicted
• Kellogg, Ray, > depicted
• Chasin' the blues (Motion picture)
• Savitt, Jan, > depicted
• Harris, Joe, 1907-1952, > depicted
• Olsen, George, 1893-1971, > depicted
• Courtney, Del, > depicted
• Novinsky, Alex, 1878-1960, > depicted
• Albums > United States > Photographs
• Figueroa, Ernie, -2005, > depicted
• Grant, Dolores, > depicted
• Daye, Margery, > depicted
• O'Donnell, Spec, 1911- > depicted
• D'Orsay, Fifi, 1904-1983, > depicted
• Rhythm Rascals, depicted
• McNab, Jean, > depicted
• Howard-Paysee Dancers, depicted
• Get hep to love (Motion picture)
• Steward, Herb, > depicted
• Jivin' jam session (Motion picture)
• Chester, Bob, 1908-1977, > depicted
• Da Pron, Louis, > depicted
• Robinson, Rad, 1910-1988, > depicted
• Russian revels (Motion picture)
• Three Comets (Acrobatic dance group), depicted
• Rollet and Dorothea (Dance team), depicted
• Swingtime blues (Motion picture)
• Swing's the thing (Motion picture)
• Dunham, Sonny, > depicted
• Stith, Gwen, 1921-2006, > depicted
• Sabbot, William, 1890-1952, > depicted
• Kuznetzoff, Adia, 1890-1954, > depicted
• Niesen, Gertrude, > depicted
• Musical films > United States > Photographs
• Linn, Bud, > depicted
• Scrapbooks
• Serenade in swing (Motion picture)

Genre/Form

• Albums.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.

Note

• Many of the titles represented in the scrapbook were presented by Universal Pictures as "A Universal Featurette."
• Even though several of these shorts were released in 1943, the photographs bear an imprinted copyright date of 1942.
• The scrapbook includes 5 photographs from 2 feature length films featuring the "juvenile" performers (Cora Sue Collins, Jean McNab, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Bobby Scheerer): Get hep to love (1942) directed by Charles Lamont and Give out, sisters (1942) directed by Edward F. Cline, both produced by Universal Pictures.
• Title from spine.
• Compiled and bound at The New York Public Library.

Contents

Chasin' the blues -- Chasing the blues -- Get hep to love -- Give out, sisters -- Hit tune jamboree -- Jivin' jam session -- Russian revels -- Serenade in swing -- Swing's the thing -- Swingtime blues.

Call Number

MFLB 1093 (Two reel musicals, Cha-Swi)

Title

Film stills scrapbook : Two reel musicals, Cha-Swi.

Production

1942.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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MFLB 1093 (Two reel musicals, Cha-Swi)