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VAUDEVILLE
220574 03:46:28 -
03:46:49 c1903c Si b/w USA
Dance, Franchonetti Sisters
Three young women dancers perform cancan style steps, then some acrobatic dance against a black
backdrop.
220574 03:44:21
- 03:44:55 1897 Si b/w USA
Charity Ball
Shot in Black Maria shot at high speed. A man in a tuxedo (dinner jacket) & a woman in a long
flouncy, frilly white dress perform various ballroom dancing type steps against
a blank dark backdrop. This is meant to be exhibition dancing.
220574 03:45:39
- 03:46:19 1897c Si b/w USA
Crissie Sheridan
Copyright 25Oct1897
A woman dancer against a blank dark backdrop gyrates her arms,
creating circles & shapes with the fabric of her wide skirt.
The woman was a professional invited to perform by Mr Edisons
team. This act was probably shot
in the Black Maria, the nickname given to Edisons first moving picture studio.
220574 03:46:55
- 03:47:23 1897c Si b/w USA
Dancing Darkey Boy
Copyright 25Oct1897 Edison
A small Black boy dances on the hatch cover of a ship as an
audience of about twenty Blacks & Whites clap & cheer him on.
NB - film jumps.
220574 03:47:30
- 03:48:05 1898c Si b/w USA
Ella Lola, A La Trilby
Dancer Ella Lola in long flowing dress performs cancan style
dance.
Ella Lola was a stage star of note before the turn of the century.
220573 01:34:39
- 01:35:11 1899 Si b/w USA
Three Acrobats
Edison
copyrighted 20Mar1899
Vaudeville
act. Gag.
Two male and one female clowns go appear and disappear through a fake
brick wall which has spring-hinged windows and revolving doors, hitting each
other.
220573 01:35:20 -
01:36:06 1899 Si b/w USA
Cripple Creek Bar Room Scene
Edison
copyrighted 10.05.1899
Vaudeville
act. Barmaid serves customers drink, and
throws him out when he gets into a fight. The other drinkers playing cards
congratulate her.
220574 03:01:40
- 03:02:30 1899 Si b/w USA
Stealing a Dinner
On stage a man w/ napkin tied to his neck sits at a table eating,
surrounded by many sitting dogs of various sizes. Man leaves, dog leaps onto table as others sit, then off
again. Cat onto table, man returns
pulls pistol but dog onto table & blocks man. Man pulls dog off, fires pistol. Large dog in policemans outfit stands on hind legs &
pushes man around & off as all dogs follow.
220574 03:37:00
- 03:37:26 1899 Si b/w USA
The Serenaders
Two musicians play trombone & clarinet in front of a set of a
two-story building. A woman at a
top-floor window blows kisses to the trombone player. His sidekick kicks his rear end which sends him flying to
the woman in the upstairs window. In the process he also steps on the other musicians foot.
220574 03:48:13
- 03:48:50 1899 Sil b/w USA
Fougere
exact day of recording not certain
Against a painted backdrop of the waves of the sea, a young lady
in cancan costume performs a dance. She hops with knees wide apart, as if
riding a horse.
Eugenie Fougere was a Parisian chanteuse
and she was dancing to the ragtime cakewalk Hello Ma Baby which was a success
in the New York theatre scene.
Oddities; Musical Hall Acts; Vaudeville Acts; Entertainment; Primitive Cinema
220575 04:27:36 -
04:28:11 1899
c Si b/w USA
Three Acrobats
copyrighted 20Mar1899
Vaudeville
act. Gag.
Two male and one female clowns go appear and disappear through a
fake brick wall which has spring-hinged windows and revolving doors, hitting
each other.
220574 03:13:14 -
03:13:37 190? Si b/w USA
Karina
A woman in white leotard & dressed in a cancan costume bends
backwards, twists & twirls around on a stage smiling. She eventually lifts her dress to
reveal her stockings.
220844 19:01:53
- 19:03:19 1900 Si b/w USA
Maudes Naughty Little Brother
copyrighted 16 Nov. 1900
Theatre set with woman sat at table, suitor enters and sits with
her for tea. Child winds rope to mans coat tail and around table leg. Father
or husband comes in and chases suitor out, destroying table.
220537 09:45:21 -
09:46:22 1900 Si b/w USA
The Mystic Swing
Edison
copyrighted 21Mar1900
Vaudeville
act, trick film, stop action photography.
Two men in tailcoats and knee breeches in front of swing and
painted backdrop representing outdoor scene. One of the magicians conjures a
young woman on the swing. The other magician makes her disappear. They conjure another woman, then a skeleton
who vanishes. At the end, the two ladies appear and take a bow with the
magicians.
220574 03:23:50
- 03:24:38 1900 Si b/w USA
Chimmie Hicks At The Races
Charles E. Grapewin as Hicks, a man in
business suit, hat and overcoat on a bare stage in front of black backdrop
pantomimes excitedly watching a horse race.
An associate in the act walks in & hands him a wad of
money. The man makes another bet,
excitedly watches the race but this time loses everything. He gives the money to the bookmaker
along w/ his watch, drops to his knees tearing up his tickets & gestures
cursing & shaking fist in despair.
220574 03:24:56 -
03:25:27 1900 Si b/w USA
The Chimney Sweep and the Miller
Two men cross from opposite sides in front of painted backdrop of
a forest. Each carrys a bag, one dressed entirely in white w/ a white sack & the other entirely
in black, dirty clothes (a chimney sweep) w/ a black bag. They start to fight
flailing the bag of white flour & the bag of chimney soot. Clouds of white and black powder
alternate filling the screen.
220574 03:33:26
- 03:33:50 1900 Si b/w USA
A Gesture Fight in Hester Street
A necktie salesman in front of a painted backdrop depicting a
liquor & wine store tries to sell a tie to a passing lady who refuses to
buy. A long-bearded man pushing a
cart bumps into him & a fight ensues. A policeman beats both on their heads w/ his nightstick.
220574 03:41:08
- 03:41:35 1900 Si b/w USA A Wake in Hells
Kitchen
In a room with a coffin, two mourners are drinking to the health
of the departed as a woman wails & gestures. The dead man sits up in his coffin & drinks from a glass
on the floor. The woman points out
empty glass & everyone gets upset.
220574 03:43:51
- 03:44:16 1900 Si b/w USA
Cake Walk
The Americus Quartet. Two black men & two black women and a single black man dance against
a white backdrop. The men are in
suits and bow ties, the women in long, elegant dresses.
The black man in the center holds a
cane. He moves towards the camera
and perform a dance step, they round in a circle and perform a strutting type
of Cake Walk dance.
220574 03:45:04
- 03:45:32 1900 Si b/w USA
Comedy Cake Walk
Americus Quartet
Four black performers in formal attire, two men and a woman, dance
a cake walk in front of a plain white backdrop. A single dancer dances in front
as they walk towards camera & back towards the wall.
220574 03:49:47
- 03:50:10 1900 Si b/w USA
A Nymph of the Waves
A young lady dancer, Cathrina Bartho, in
flouncy dress performs her celebrated Speedway dance in front of a backdrop of moving ocean waves. This
was achieved by double exposure.
220538 10:04:06
- 10:04:27 1900
c Si b/w USA
Glenroy Bros, No 2
Edison, shot in Black Maria
(not found in official Paper Print catalogue)
Slapstick
vaudeville act, two men mock boxing
220538 10:07:38 -
10:08:00 1900
c Si b/w USA
Robetta and Doretto
No date
Not found in official paper print catalogue
Edison
Vaudeville
act, comedy. Two men perform, going round
backdrop of hinged doors.
220574 03:10:52 -
03:11:45 1901 Si b/w USA
Birth of the Pearl
Two women performers in white leotards pull back curtains to
reveal a large oyster opening in front of painted backdrop of ocean. Inside the oyster, a woman in
skin-tight white leotard rises as if waking from a long sleep. Stands. The two women close the curtain.
220574 03:39:14
- 03:39:59 1901 Si b/w USA
The Tramps Unexpected Skate
In front of an elaborate single-point-perspective painted park
scene stage backdrop a tramp is asleep against a palm tree. Two
young men appear, remove their roller-skates & fix them on the tramp. They wake him & tease him. He tries to catch them but can only run in place & eventually falls.
220909 06:04:50
- 06:07:45 1901
c Si b/w USA
Japanese Village
copyrighted 31Jul1901
Japanese man & two boys in black shorts & white shirts
perform acrobatics in front of building as others watch. Backflips,
stand on each others shoulders, cartwheels, unusual handstands, handsprings.
Worlds Fair; Pan-American Exposition; Stunts; Vaudeville Act; Gymnastics;
220574 03:00:00 -
03:01:30 1901? Si b/w USA
Laura Comstocks Bag-Punching Dog
Head & shoulders of young woman and head & paws of a dog, Mannie, sitting at a table. A sign (unreadable) states that she owns a dog that can
punch a bag.
Remainder of film shows the dog jumping up trying to catch a
punching bag suspended by a rope. He eventually catches it and shakes it violently. The act takes place on a stage in front
of a painted backdrop of a country woods & lane.
220574 03:17:59
- 03:19:49 1901c Si b/w USA
Trapeze Disrobing Act
Comic acrobatic act
A woman performer on a trapeze in front of stage set of theater stage w/ box seat on left gradually strips to the
excitement of two bearded older men spectators in the box. She unbuttons dress, throws clothes down;does acrobatics from trapeze as men applaud.
220574 03:22:23
- 03:23:30 1902 Si b/w USA
The Boys Think They Have One On
Foxy Grandpa But He Fools Them
Dance gag set against painted backdrop.
Old man sits on a park bench in front of painted landscape on
canvas backdrop. Two boys (teenage
actors) approach & hand him a banjo which he plays. The boys dance & clap, then get man
to get up & perform to their clapping. He dances, & plays banjo while elaborately jumping, then
leads them off stage.
220574 03:48:57
- 03:49:27 1902 Si b/w USA
Foxy Grandpa and Polly In A Little
Hilarity
Filmed
over the head of the audience at a vaudeville act.
An actor made up to look old and fat walks in escorting a young
fashionable lady. The stage has a
painted backdrop with an outdoors country scene. They perform
fast energetic dance steps together.
220574 03:50:18
- 03:51:02 1902c Si b/w USA
A Tough Dance
Cast: Kid Foley, Sailor Lil
Two performers in ragged clothes on stage set imitate the Bowery
dance of the French Apache. They twirl clumsily,
embracing roughly, & end up collapsing on the floor together.
220574 03:12:00
- 03:13:03 1903 Si b/w USA
From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen
In a theatre dressing room or stage set, a woman starts undressing
from polka dot dress down to her fourth petticoat, then goes behind a screen to
remove the rest of her clothes. She emerges in a glittery costume with a short skirt, sword &
stockings as a man appears briefly thru the door.
220574 03:20:01
- 03:20:54 1903 Si b/w USA
Alphonse and Gaston No 3
Two characters in comic costumes enter a saloon. At the bar, they argue over who will
take the first drink until an irritated cowboy takes a gun & shoots the
floor around their feet, thus making them perform a little dance. Bartender cheers their leaving. Wall is papered w/ photos of boxers
& women.
220574 03:30:47 -
03:32:16 1903 Si b/w USA
The Extra Turn
On same set as Trapeze Disrobing Act, a young woman performer
dances on a stage. A well dressed
man & two women spectators in the box on left side throw her a bouquet of
flowers. A boy changes the theater card on edge of stage & the next act is a man
who starts singing but the audience throws hats, fruit & vegetables. Hes knocked down, leaves & returns
w/ an umbrella & continues to sing while being dragged off by two stage
employees.
220574 03:32:31
- 02:33:19 1903 Si b/w USA
A Frontier Flirtation
A woman sits on a bench in front of painted backdrop w/ umbrella
& black veil over her face. A
cowboy approaches, tries to flirt & finally lifts off the veil to reveal a
monkey face. He leaves disgusted.
03:33:09 An elegant
young man walks in, removes the monkey mask tfrom pretty girl & they both laugh & kiss.
220574 03:33:59
- 03:34:45 1903 Si b/w USA
Happy Hooligan
A tramp, Happy Hooligan, watches an organ player in front of a
stage-set house front. An
irritated woman appears at the upstairs window & leaves. The tramp warns the organ player
of a policeman and they run off screen. The policeman catches the tramp & chastises him beneath the window
while the woman reappears & empties a bucket of water on the policeman by
mistake. She faints, the tramp
laughs & the policeman opens a door & runs into the house.
Oddities; Musical Hall Acts; Vaudeville Acts; Entertainment; Primitive Cinema
220574 03:34:51 -
03:35:51 1903 Si b/w USA
Levi and Cohen, the Irish Comedians
A stage boy replaces the signs for stage acts & painted
curtain is raised exposing a
painted backdrop representing a shop or store front. Levi & Cohen comic suit and hat perform a slapstick act,
slapping hitting & kicking each other. Tomatoes & vegetables are thrown from behind the
camera as the performers cower.
220574 03:37:47
- 03:38:52 1903 Si b/w USA
Sububs Surprises the Burglar
Elaborately painted stage set. A man is asleep in his Murphy bed as a thief climbs thru the
window & begins ransacking the bedroom. As the robber searches the mans coat pockets, the man wakes
& sits up, causing the bed to fold against the wall. Explosions or gun shots from the bed
scare the burglar who is hit & disappears in a puff of smoke. The Murphy bed unfolds & the man
bounces w/ joy.
220574 03:41:42
- 03:42:08 1903 Si b/w USA
Ameta
A dancer on a stage twirls two poles with stretches of gossamer
fabric moving & twisting into an a funnel as she spins.
Oddities; Musical Hall Acts; Vaudeville Acts; Entertainment; Primitive Cinema
220574 03:42:16 -
03:43:45 1903 Si b/w USA
Betsy Ross Dance
A young girl w/ long loose dark hair & a knee-length flouncy
white dress dances energetically, throwing her legs up; twirls in front of a
painted backdrop.
A Biograph bulletin identifies her as
Little Anita
220574 03:13:46
- 03:14:52 1904 Si b/w USA
Kiss Me
Two well-dressed women walk past stage wall covered with posters
for theatre and burlesque shows. Mother & daughter walk past posters in opposite direction & girl
lags behind to stare at realistic poster of actress. Her mother or chaperone pulls her away.
03:14:05 A man w/ goatee walks past, looks at another
poster & then walks back. As
he looks at realistic poster the woman in the poster moves slightly in a
seductive way. He goes closer & she blows him a kiss,
he rubs eyes, puts on glasses & shakes head in appreciation. The chaperone or wife returns & and
pulls him away by his ear.
220574 03:15:07
- 03:15:57 1904 Si b/w USA
Pity The Blind, No 2
Vaudeville
show
On a stage against a painted backdrop representing a city street,
a boy leads a man in dark glasses; sits him down & hangs a sign around his
neck Pity the Blind. A man walks
past & puts a coin in his cup. Two well-dressed women in furs walk past. One of them wants to give him money but her purse is
empty. She lifts up her skirt to
find money in her stocking & as she does, the man takes off his dark
glasses to peek and leers.
220574 03:16:08
- 03:17:19 1904 Si b/w USA
Princess Rajah Dance
Filmed at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
A female dancer / contortionist performs Turkish-style dance w/
metal belt decorations & castanettes (?). Does stunt holding a chair in her teeth
and gyrates & does a belly-dance & spin.
220574 03:26:03
- 03:30:33 1904 Si b/w USA
Dog Factory
A contraption with lettering which reads dog transformer in
front of wall of hanging sausages with signs reading bull, setter,
terrier etc. People come in w/
dogs & put them into the machine, the shop assistant turns a crank and the
dogs come out as sausages.
A man comes into the shop, describes a dog & a string of
sausages is taken down from the wall & put into the machine and a dog comes
out. The man takes the spaniel
& leaves.
A woman comes in, asks for a Daschund & sausages turned into dog. She changes her mind & its turned back into sausages; then asks for
a terrier and leaves.
Others come in and get more dogs.
220574 03:35:55
- 03:36:53 1904 Si b/w USA
Mr. Jack In The Dressing Room
Three women at make up table in large backstage dressing room as
well-dressed man enters & greets them. He has a bottle wine brought in by a page boy. They
clink glasses in a toast & drink; he begins to dance & the actresses attach a tutu to the big
man & he continues dancing. His dour, angry-looking wife enters, drags him out while beating him
with her umbrella as the performers laugh.
220574 03:51:10
- 03:52:51 1904 Si b/w USA
Duel Scene By Right of Sword
Five men in Prussian uniforms against the painted backdrop of a
forest.
Two of the men remove their cloaks, draw cavalry sabres and start
a duel. After some swordplay, one
of the men gets wounded in the arm and leaves.
Stage actor Ralph Stuart was one of the duellers.
220574 03:40:08
- 03:41:00 1905 Si b/w USA
2 A.M. In The Subway
Two policemen on subway platform, one is sitting & looks
tired. Two flamboyantly dressed
women & a man laugh & drunkenly cross the platform. The policeman starts a skuffle w/ the man as another man greets the group, then
enters a train. One lady lifts her
skirt for the man to tie her shoe but the policeman stops him & pushes them
inside the train. A female leg
protrudes from the window of the train & the police enter the train &
throw the women off the train, the men follow & one is carrying a pair of
fake legs.
220575 04:00:00
- 04:11:03 1907 Si b/w USA
Fights of Nations
Also shot on 19, 23 and 28 Jan 1907
Vignettes
or vaudeville acts conveying the
idea of the United States as a melting-pot through national methods of
fighting.
TITLE: Mexico and Spain: Against painted backdrop, a Spanish
couple in traditional costume are attacked by a Mexican bandit. The two
men fight with knifes.
02.02.19 TITLE: Our Hebrew Friends: A Jewish necktie
vendor argues and fights with
various other Jewish men, until a policeman tries to arrest them. One of the
Jewish men bribes him the policeman with money, the Jewish men are let off and
perform a merry dance.
02.03.33 TITLE: Hoot Moon! A Scottish Combat: Scotsmen in
traditional costume with kilt and metal shields sword fight.
02.04.25 TITLE: Sunny Africa: In a bar, a white couple, a black
couple and a mixed race couple dance to the tune of a piano. They sit and drink
between dance numbers. One of the white men performs a solo dance while the
others clap. The black couples perform a cake walk, a fist fight breaks out
with knives involved.
TITLE: Sons of the Ould Sod: A woman hangs laundry on the top floor
of a two story house. She drops a garment on a mans head as he reads the
newspaper. The man sprays the womans husband with dark liquid (Irish stout?) from a hose, the housewife
comes out and hits the man with a barrel. The husband comes out into the street and they fist fight. The woman
serves them pints of beer or stout
(Guinness) and they cheer and
laugh.
02.09.11 TITLE: America, The Land of the Free: An entrance
staircase draped with flags from different countries, star-spangled banners on
each side. Elegant couples come
out, the men in army uniform or national costume, they greet each other; these include an Englishman, an
American Indian in head dress, Uncle Sam.
220574 03:25:37 -
03:25:43 1907 Si b/w USA
Dancing Boxing Match
Vaudeville
turn, brief acrobatics
Cast: David Craig Montgomery, Fred Stone
Extremely short piece including an acrobatic handstand or
flip.
221341 15:16:49
- 15:18:12 191? Sil b/w USA
[Will Rogers Rope Spinning Vaudeville Act]
On stage spinning a rope with each hand in front of painted back
drop.
15:16:52 Grease pen
editing marks Tourists in
mountains. Men climbs rocks &
helps women in long dresses up. Walking on snow field. man
falls into crevice.
15:17:43 Grease
pen. Oxen puling large wheeled log
cart w/ logs. Man falling large
tree. Reversed. Woman glueing airplane fabric.
221606-16 20:27:25
- 20:38:14 1910 Si b/w USA
Italian Barber, The
Biograph Company. Photographed 15-16Nov10 Cameraman: G. W. Bitzer; Dir. D. W. Griffith; Cast: Mary Pickford (Alice), Joe Graybill (Tony), Mack Sennett, Kate Bruce (Mother), Robert Harron, Marion Sunshine (Florence).
Alice, newspaper seller at outdoor stand; Tony the barber, buys
paper & they eye each other; he buys her a flower, tips hat & walks off
to barbershop nearby. Barbers
giving shaves. Others buy
newspapers, she looks at flower & they think of each other.
20:28:59 Tony not
paying attention as he sharpens razor blade, continues shaving customer while
staring off thinking. Customer
disgusted, gets up & leaves.
20:29:41 Title: The Betrothal. Tony gives arm to Alice & walks her
home; he offers her a ring & necklace. They kiss, hug. He leaves, she falls to knees.
20:30:58 Title: Next Day. Alice closing newstand, Tony gives
her arm & they go to her house.
20:31:39 Title: Her
Sister Florence w/ Her Vaudeville Partner, Mack, Arrives Off The Road. Mother, Kate Bruce, greets them; they
do a little dance; walk in to next room & meet sister & barber who
falls for newly arrived sister. Strong looks as they leave.
20:33:26 Title: Later - Tony Transfers His Affections
To Florence. Tony ducks past newstand, goes & meets sister who says no. Alice bursts in as they are hugging;
she smiles & he looks guilty as sister cries.
20:34:37 Alice returns
to newstand; Florence & Tony hug & he leaves
happy.
20:34:58 Title: On The Night Of The Barbers Ball. Florence dressed up, Tony arrives &
helps her on w/ coat. Alice
sitting in her room as they pass & Tony explains. Alice smiles, then runs to door w/ arms outstretched after
theyve left.
20:35:50 Couples
dancing, some tipsy; band on stage playing. Tony & Florence dancing.
20:36:14 Title: Excessively Romantic, She Would Emulate
The Novel Heroine. Alice w/ pistol
intercut w/ sister dancing. Fires
pistol as Mack walks in giving him a scalp wound.
20:36:51 Title: Alice Tells Mack of the Inconstancy Of
Florence And Tony. He strokes her
arm & he asks her to dance, then they leave.
20:37:31 Title: Hands All Around! Change Your
Partners! Mack & Alice meet
Tony & Florence on dance floor. Men shake hands, couples happy, girls embrace & they dance. Abrupt end.
221466-06 11:24:01
- 11:30:02 1917 Sil b/w USA
The Station Master aka The
Hobo R2 of 2 (Concluded on 221467)
11:24:01 Oliver Hardy
into station cafe crowded w/ passengers eating; Billy West trying to cook. Hardy catches hotcakes thrown from
griddle & gulps them down, burning throat; he throws pie at passenger
woman; entire group get into pie fight, dishes breaking. Chaos.
11:25:09 Train
whistle CU. Everyone but Hardy
rushes to get on train. Hardy
leaves eating; West returns to Station Master office & sends cook back to
cafe. Vaudeville team in blackface comes in & business w/ wife claiming
many black children out of crate. West gives father medal. They leave after west gives them watermelon.
11:29:17 Family eating watermelon.
11:29:22 Flivver up
to police station; police look at wanted poster for car theft.
11:29:54 Title: any old Ford in a storm.
Concluded on 221467.
Silent Films; Slapstick Comedy; Imitation; Racism; Blacks; Racial Humor;
NOTE: Card sold at
per reel rate.
220574 03:02:35 -
03:04:04 1919c Si b/w USA
[Animal Act with Baboon, Dog and
Mule]
Spanuths Original Vod-A-Vil Movies
CU baboon seated on stage on stool playing violin. With rope onto neck collar smiles &
catches cat. Plays w/ it while
standing in front of painted backdrop between trainer (Spanuth?)
and mule. Baboon roller-skates
around stage on leash held by trainer, walks on hands, balances on ball down
teeter-totter.
03:03:11 Women in
glittery dress & high-heeled boots does trick w/ dog walking thru her
legs. She twirls jump rope w/
baboon holding other end as dog jumps it.
03:03:23 Baboon rides
bicycle in circle while trainer holds rope.
03:03:27 Baboon leads
mule or donkey, man tries to ride & bucked off. Boy tries and mules pushes & kicks him. Baboon pushes mule.
220574 03:04:04
- 03:06:05 1919c Si b/w USA
Tom Tinkers Pony Patter
Spanuths original Vod-A-Vil movies.
Six ponies on stage face camera in front of painted backdrop. Trainer w/ pony on a seesaw; a second
one joins & they balance. Pony
rolls a barrel w/ feet & nose; walks on three legs, pushes trainer
over. Ponies do orchestrated turns
& jog in circle in pairs & single file. CU of horses heads together facing camera.
220574 03:06:14
- 03:10:44 1919c Si b/w USA
Jumbo - the Trained Elephant
Spanuths Original Vod-A-Vil movies.
Trainer w/ food in front of elephants standing or sitting w/ front
legs raised. Trainer offers food
to elephant & takes w/ trunk while sitting down.
Animal trainer leads elephant around stage in front of backdrop
painted w/ large castle. Elephant
bows, puts feet up on stand as pony & dog run up w/ pony putting front feet
on rear of elephant & dog putting front feet on back of horse. They stand
until trainer moves aside, then dog circles in & out of under elephant
walking around stage.
03:07:10 Elephant
lays down & dog & pony put feet up on it. Pny walks on hind legs, then
bows. Elephant stands on stand,
takes end of rope in trunk; trainer turns rope & dog jumps rope. Trainer & dog jump rope together.
03:07:54 Elephant
sits at table & takes bell w/ trunk & rings it; puts trunk in mouth
& shakes head. Trainer puts
plate of food on table, elephant eats, throws plate on floor & again rings
bell. Drinks from bottle, crawls
across stage on all fours, stands on hind legs, does handstand on front
legs. Stands w/ two feet on stand,
then one foot. Trainer claps &
dances with elephant. Elephant
sits down. Dances & walks to
camera as though taking it into open mouth. Walks around stage throwing flags from floor until it gets
an American flag which it waves.
220809 14:03:35
- 14:13:54 1937 Sd/Sil b/w USA
[New Year's Eve - Times Square ca
01Jan37]
MOS. New York City
Times Square & electric & neon lights & electric light signs
visible across large crowd. Coca
Cola; Planters Peanuts signs w/ people waving. (SOF) Vaudeville sign blinking. Trolley through.
14:06:35
X221376 01:14:31 - 01:29:30 1939;
1940 ca Sil Col USA
[Home Movies, color,
ca 1939; 1940 - New York City & Worlds Fair]
Times Square & moving light & neon signs for Chevrolet,
Planters, Four Roses Whiskey, Camels, Loews Mayfair, Vaudeville. GOOD.
01:15:37
NOTE: VERY GOOD reel for content & color.
LN 504-149 21:03:06 - 21:06:03 194 Sd b/w USA
Tyrone Shapiro
w/ Willie Howard
SOUNDIES ARE PD. MUSIC RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED!
In Mexican aristocrat outfit surrounded by women. Sings in double-talk of Italian &
Yiddish; Bronx.
LN 504-140 04:16:17 - 04:18:50 194? Sd b/w USA
[Unid.
w/o title, song: Theyre Tough,
Mighty Tough in the West] Better
quality than 220953.
Title missing. no end title.
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Singing group of 5 guys on a set plus several others. Several gals with guys. Man playing air pump beside
bicycle. Woman on unicycle juggles
as others watch. Very clean print
w/ good sound.
221302 13:57:33
- 14:00:50 194? Sd b/w USA
Banjo Mania
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WFC Prods; Prod. & Dir. William Forest Crouch; Dist. by
Official Films
VS Eddie Peabody in spotlight on stage plays audience request Old
Susanna; sings along to another song in animated manner. CU hands on banjo.
221713 11:23:07
- 11:25:47 194? Sd b/w USA
G Strings
W/ Frank Pinero & Louise Stewart
Official Films
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Frank Pinero in dinner suit on decorated stage setting, introduces
& plays violin; Louise Stewart in long frilled dress dances & performs
striptease behind him, drops dress to reveal skimpy outfit; Pinero turns &
discovers her, pushes her off stage w/ violin, & sits down on dress hold
his head.
221234 03:15:02 - 03:17:53 194? Sd b/w USA
Three-In-One Revue
w/ Frank Paris & His Marionettes
Minoco Productions
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Bikey Mikey. Guy in small circus ring set w/ puppet on bicycle doing
various tricks in front of painted set.
Fannie & Her Fan. Fan-dancing puppet w/ feathered fan. Puppeter in black behind him
against black backdrop. She steps
on her skirt & pulls it off.
Sir Rollin D Bones Skeleton dances in front of cemetery backdrop w/ bones coming loose.
221690 15:27:21 -
15:30:12 1942 Sd b/w USA
The Heats On Again
LOL Prods. / RCA [1243-1-1]
w/ The Heat Waves
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15:27:36 Male trio w/ effiminate guy in beret into door marked Miracle
Pictures Wardrobe Dept. Two out
wearing tartan (large checkered) Zoot Suits, do jive dance; third out in drag. All sing & various dance acts. Tap dancing, chorus line. Very bizarre.
221234 02:05:25
- 02:07:55 1942 Sd b/w USA
Boxcar Rhapsody
w/ Borrah Minevitch & his Harmonica Rascals
R.C.M. Productions Not flipped.
Prod. by Sam Coslow Dir. Josef Berne
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Man into boxcar. Interior set: boxcar w/ six
piece harmonica band playing. Tramp makes salami sandwich; begins dancing Russian dance, does knife tricks. Knife swallowing & throwing &
pins conductor to wall, he faints.
220563 10:33:17
- 10:36:29 1943 Sd b/w USA
[WWII - Music, V-Disc, Concerts,
Bar & Pub w/juke box, etc] - entertaining troops
Soldiers in bunk listening to radio. Soldiers going into hall where pianist is playing
Rachmaninoff (?) w/military orchestra. MCU of military conductor, pianist &
troops applauding. WAVES
entering. CU of Yankee Doodle,
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, Over
There. MCU WAVES applauding (see Sinatra concert). CU Loading cartons of V-Disc. Passing out V-Discs to soldiers in
field. Man taking notes in front
of map of US w/ many pins. Marquee of vaudeville Five Big Acts Gaynor
in Luckys... Couple on stage take bow. All talking picture a 100% all talking picture. Man playing violin in pub-like
atmosphere . Woman plays juke box
in German bar. WAVES marching into
Sinatra concert. Como & piano
player singing. CU On Air sign.
221435 21:52:14 -
21:54:51 1943 Sd b/w USA
Rug Cutters Holiday
L.O.L Prod. 1142-1-4 Flipped.
w/ Freddie & Flo, Slap & Happy, Snap & Snappy
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Rent party and dancing to piano player, people watch from chairs
and couch. Zoot suits. Dance jumping over chairs,
flipping, splits. Acrobatic
dancing. VERY GOOD.
Musical gags; Racial stereotyping; Ethnics; Blacks; Negroes;
Acrobatic Dancing; Jive Dancing;
221435 21:54:52 -
21:58:03 1943 Sd b/w USA
Legs Aint No Good
Minoco Prod. 542-1-124
w/ Edna Mae Harris & Slim Thomas
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CU Black woman putting on nylon stockings, checks watch &
leaves apartment & sings about way up town. Man in checkered suit sings to her. Group of women
at soda fountain sit w/ skirts pulled up. Couple tap style dance as others watch. She hoists her skirt at end & winks
Musical gags; Racial stereotyping; Ethnics; Blacks; Negroes; Art
Deco decoration; Harlem set; Oddities; Race; Risque;
Jazz; Vaudeville Act.
221713 11:26:03 -
11:28:35 1943 Sd b/w USA
[Soundies: Tough Beef] (1943) Main & end
titles missing
SOUNDIES ARE PD. MUSIC RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED! Released 25Jan43, Billboard review 13Feb43.
Singing group Chuck Palmer & His Rangers on a film stage set
w/ several others. Several gals
with guys. Man playing air pump
beside bicycle. Woman, Myrtle
Dunedin, on unicycle juggles as others watch. Very clean print w/ good sound.
221240 15:24:11
- 15:26:41 1943 Sd b/w USA
Wileing Away The Time
W/ The Three Wiles
L.O.L. Prods. Dist. Soundies RCA
[1243-1-7]
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The Three Wiles, two men & woman in dinner suits, do
impersonations of Chaplin, Groucho Marx & Carmen
Miranda on stage while tap dancing.
221233 00:51:28
- 00:53:43 1943 Sd b/w USA
Wileing Away The Time (w/o title)
W/ The Three Wiles
L.O.L. Prods. Dist. Soundies RCA
[1243-1-7]
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The Three Wiles, two men & woman in dinner suits, do
impersonations of Chaplin, Groucho Marx & Carmen
Miranda on stage while tap dancing.
221713 11:17:39
- 11:20:09 1944 Sd b/w USA
One Man Band
w/ Vince Blue Mondi, The Worlds Smallest Orchestra
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Vince Blue Mondi performs various horns while strumming guitar
& playing drums, and sings; watched by 4 women in theater usher or cigarette girls outfits.
H1609-01 12:00:10
- 12:10:01 1944 Sd b/w France; Germany;
Brazil;
[WWII - 1944, German Newsreel: Paris Bike Race; Juggler; Painter;
Goebbels; Commercial Aviation; Military Generals & Funeral of Gen. Schulz]
Bicyclists race in Paris on indoor large banked wooden track. Spectators watching bike racers. Winner w/ swastika on sweater &
another, MCU.
12:00:40 French
juggler in top hat & tuxedo give exhibition; balances on one finger on ball
on table as woman assistant watches. Then climbs ladder to ball on top of platform, raises himself balanced
on cane on one arm, then puts hoops around angles & hands and twirls w/
fifth ring twirled by holder in mouth.
12:01:34 Large house
on hilltop, MCU, elderly painter talking; interior to dinner table w/
others. Man at desk sketching w/
ink.
12:02:13 Goebbels in
bomb-torn Berlin inspects the damage & welding of structural supports under
elevated railroad. Visits an
emergency kitchen. Cigarettes
distributed. Talks to individuals
& crowd. CUs.
12:03:59 Flashbacks
show first flight of German civilian air transport (air mail?); early Lufthansa
commercial passenger flight & large planes from 1940s. Tri-motor plane in Africa. Seaplane tender Westfalen off African coast w/ airplane taking off from onboard. Aerial over Rio De Janeiro. Other early flights & take off of
D-A BYM from ship. Four-engine Focke-Wulf Condor w/ crowd at Floyd Bennett Field,
Brooklyn. Men at
microphones. . Small plane arriving, Berlin. People checking luggage at
Lufthansa. CU sign: Berlin, Danzig, Konigsberg. Berlin -
Budapest - Bukarest. Plane taxiing, arrivals. Danish Air Lines, Swedish.
12:06:11 German air
ace visits a factory & talks to workers, watching manufacturing / machining
parts. Young boys working.
12:07:22 Young &
old German soldiers ski in Norway. Lessons in turning, skiing, falling, jumping.
12:08:46 Hitler meets
w/ von Mannstein, von Kuechler,
Adm. Doenitz & others at his headquarters.
12:09:27 Funeral of
Gen. Schulz; casket carried on tank, followed by soldiers. Military band. Abrupt end.
NOTE: General Adelbert Schulz was killed on eastern front, 28Jan44.
NOTE: In our
experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout
the world. If users feel any
further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.
221604 18:01:53 -
18:04:52 1945? Sd b/w USA
[Unid.
w/o title: Song - Now That I Have Found You... women & hoops, singing]
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Women on stage in front of night club audience, in Little Bo Peep
style outfits, dance w/ hoops; woman w/ frilly trousers sings [Now That Ive
Found You] holding hoop; moves into audience at tables, puts hoop over mens
heads; dancers perform w/ hoops; wife scolds enthusiastic husband; dancer walks
on hands.
221604 18:05:05 -
18:07:54 1946 Sd b/w USA
Hot Lips
w/ Henry Hot Lips Levine & his Dixieland Band w/ Linda Keene
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Official Films
Six-piece band on stage in front of backdrop of painted lips; CUs clarinet, piano. MCU woman in evening dress sings - Hes Got Hot Lips..two hot lips in sexy manner; w/ muted trumpet. Popular jazz band.
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