Mainstream Pop Music II

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Al Jolson Obituary: Milestones of the Century 3 minutes 4-16C

Enrico Caruso Obituary: Milestones of the Century 3 minutes

The Words Are in My Heart: Golddiggers of 1935 clip 4-18C

Golddiggers of 1937: opening 30 minutes

Ricky Nelson: "Mean Old World" (1965)

That Goes Double: Russ Columbo 2-reel short from 1934 2 copies 8-3D 8-10D

Russ Columbo: musical performance clips from several feature films starring Columbo: 8-10D

1) Dynamite (1929) with Charles Bickford

2) Broadway Through A Keyhole (1933) with Constance Cummings

3) Moulin Rouge (1933) With Constance Bennett and Boswell Sisters

Ted Lewis and His Band: Castle musical short from 1949 2 copies 4-18C and 4-24C

Elvis Presley: movie reel 4-18D

Foreign Trailers: reel of theatrical trailers for foreign language films (no subtitles) as follows: 16-5A

1) El Triomfo De Pancho Villa: good color—stars Pedro Armendariz

2) La Sceriffa: Italian-language Western (1959)

3) 82nd Marines Attack: Italian feature re U.S. Marines and Liberation of Italy war in Italian

4) Rio Escondido: Mexican feature film in Spanish (1948)

1) Ramona: Mexican feature film (1946)

2) Les Jeux Sont Faites: French feature film (1947)

3) Les Jeux Sont Faites: French feature film (1947)

4) Les Jeux Sont Faites: French feature film from Jean-Paul Sartre (1947)

Oh, Woodstock: WNBC-TV news magazine short (1969)

Edgar Bergen: outtake with Bergen using curse words 4-15A

Irish Fantasy: lots of Irish folk songs in this Joseph Schenck shorthas strong unification flavor (1929) 4-17A

The Land O' Burns: music of Robert Burns with scenes of Scotland and of laddies and lassies 1932 4-15A

Perez Prado [and His Orchestra]: perform several Latino songs b/w (1952) 4-25C

Mambo Madness: Universal-International short re the mambo craze in New York City night clubs (with Tito Rodriquez, "Killer" Joe Piro) 1950 2 copies 8-6B (splicy) C-25C (excellent)

Sing of the Border: series of folk song reflect the Scottish border country and its historyfrom British Transport Films (1967) 2 COPIES 2 x T-9A

Listen and Sing: The Gateway Singers discuss folk music and sing several songs (1961) C-22D

Discovering American Folk Music: describes American folk music as a blend of African and British traditional music. Traces songs, and influence on modern types of music. All performances. color (1969) 8-14C

A Free People: folk musical uplift with pictures of U.S. sites (songs by Peter Paul & Mary, Gordon MacRae, New Christy Minstrel Singers) mid-1960s (US Armed Forces) 8-1B

Rooftop Frolics: features black band (Al Cooper and his Hot Shots), tap dancers, and night club dancing in 1930s 2 copies 4-18C and 4-24C

Teddy Powell and His Band: Official Films short with three songs performed by Allan Courtney, Peggy Mann, and Tommy Taylor (1942) 2 copies 4-18C C-12E

1) "San Culottes"

2) "My Little Cousin"

3) "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio"

Tony Pastor: Pastor band plays the followingthree copies 4-16A 4-24B A-32E

1) "Hawaiian War Chant" with Rosemary Clooney 1941

2) "I Like Boys" boys twin womennovelty song

3) "Movie Tonight" Pastor and woman sing

4) "Paradiddle Joe" recorded 1941

Rock And Roll Songsdupe with scratchy soundtrack 4-18C

The Crewcuts, "Crazy 'bout You Baby"

Bill Haley and the Comets, "Crazy, Man, Crazy"

Bill Haley and the Comets, "Straitjacket"

Bill Haley and the Comets, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"

Four Aces Sing: editedthey sing one song 8-6B

The House I Live In: Frank Sinatra in brotherhood musical short from 1945 written by Albert Maltz, later blacklisted as leftist RKO Academy Award winner three copies 4-17D 4-19C (original can) C-11D

Sinatra Songs: 35mm reel of Sinatra singing for Italian commercials for Perugina chocolate candy—created and shown in Italy just before his 1962 world tour began theresee Beta/SP videotape 310 [or, for fair 16mm dupe see C-12E ] Sinatra sings the following songs:

a) Come Fly with Me

b) Night and Day

c) Witchcraft

d) A Foggy Day in London Townshort

e) The Lady Is a Tramp

f) Imagination

g) Chicago

h) My Blue Heaven

i) I Love Paris

j) I Got You Under My Skin

k) My Funny Valentine

l) Moonlight in Vermont

Sinatra-Davis: last 10 minutes of performance by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. at Anti-Defamation League fund raiser held on 10/20/67—shot from balcony with open microphone

—Sinatra sings “Moonlight in Vermont” and “I’ve Got You under My Skin”

—Sinatra and Davis duet on “The Lady Is a Tramp” 4-24B

RCMP Musicale: Royal Canadian Mounted Police on horseback parade and perform routines while music in background excellent colorbut scratch print from 1958 4-19E

National Anthem: seven 2-minute films from TV station signoff with "The Star Spangled Banner" 8-8B

Listen/Mandrell: Polydor records shows how an album is conceived and produced (with Mandrell in performance) 12-12C

Michigan Report: "The Legend of John Henry" music and dance telling story of Negro folktale (with white dancers)from University of Michigan TV-show segments from the ballet 8-6B

Raphael Mendez: Mexican trumpeter performs and then discusses evolution of the trumpetfrom 1950s 8-3C

Melody Masters No. 5: Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra 8-3E 2-reeler from Castleoriginally a Warner Viatphone short (with Dulcina and Judy Clark) October 1946

"El Cumpanchero"

"Managua, Nicaragua"

"Taboo"

"Boteando"

"I'll Take the Rhumba"

Tropical Swing: selections from the Universal feature “Cuban Pete (with Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra)Ethel Smith performs “The Breeze and I’’ on a rotating organ in front of images of blowing wind in the trees and a cocktail audience—The King Sisters perform “Cielito Lindo” in front of a performance hall crowd with an orchestra-—Desi Arnaz medley of South American tunesincluding "The South American Way," “Brazil," and "Cuban Pete" (1946) A-32D.

Tropical Swing: Castle Music Book 4-18C

1) Ethel Smith plays "The Breeze and I" organ

2) The King Sisters, "Cielito Lindo"

Sugar Chile Robinson: 400 film clip from 1946 from All American News V-room

Audition for August: Jan August and Kitty Kallen

he plays "Besame Mucho" and "Jan's Boogie"

she sings "Stardust" RKO Screenliner 1951 4-17C

Every Sunday: musical short with Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin from late 1936 4-24C

Moments in Music: Motion Pictures Academy film of music clipsJose Esteban, Lilly Pons, Betty Hutton, Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Mac Donald, Red Skelton, Betty Garrett, Leopold Stokowski, Cugat, Rise Stevens, Bing Crosby, Yehudi Menuhin, Harry James, Mario Lanza, Danny Kaye, Judy Garland white line throughout film b&w 1930s C 11D

Let's Sing and Be Happy: Jane Pickens 400' (she sings with words on the screen:

a) "I'll Be Walking with My Baby"

b) "I Never Knew"

My Silent Love: Jane Pickens sings as Parker Fennelly narrates as a radio and now TV fan of Picken’s singing—good scene of Vermont farmers in bar watching her on television (1949) PD 4-25C

Hollywood on Parade: from 1932 features PD 4-15D

a) Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) as master of ceremonies

b) Clarence Muse sings "Congo"

e) Mariachi singers with Lupe Velez singing "Lupe" and Edwards on ukelele

Novelties 1940s and 1950s girlie/stripper films all B&W 16-3A

I: 16-3A

II: 16-3A sexy

III: 16-3A

IV: 16-3A

V: 16-3A

Latin Novelties: Official Film with: 4-18C

1) "Gay Ranchero," Luba Malina with Noro Morales and His Orchestra

2) "Stone Cold Dead in the Market," Gracie Barrie sings violent song re wife beater murdered by wife

3) "Chiquita Banana," The Terry Twins

Presidential [Campaign] Music: Barry Sullivan hosts educational re the period 1841-1916 (1970s) 8-3A

Postal and Musical Contributions to American History: another educational with Barry Sullivan (from 1970s)

Patriotic Music: Barry Sullivan mid-1970s 8-1D

Music from Popular to Concert Stage: mid-1970s 8-5D

Naughty Nannette: Paramount 2-reeler in Technicolor from about 1954 8-11B

Jazz Greats: Pete Daily and His Chicagoans2 songs 4-18C

Shoe Shine Boy: MGM patriotic piece re black young man who wants to get his trumpet out of pawnshophe plays great trumpet musical piecebut turns down career to enter the US Army in World War IIgood scenes where white man pats him on the back and calls him "a good American" 1942 6-8D

America Sings with Kate Smith: 1943 World War II uplift film (sings God Bless America and other titles) 4-18D

Songs of Victory [my title]: woman sings "Anchors Aweigh," plus "The Army Air Corps Song," and other songs of the U.S. military and of morale late in World War IIColumbia short includes lyrics on the screen for audiences to sing too no opening B&W circa 1945 4-24A

Grateful Dead: see Hippie Temptation (last 700')

A Lesson in Proposing: Official Films with words-on-screen to "Little Girl," "Just One More Chance," and "Sweet and Lovely" 4-18D

A Tale of 2 Cafes: pink color with Frank Faylen, singers Bob Graham and Dorothy Porter (1946 2-reel musical) 8-4A

The Last Dogie: James Melton and The Red River Boys dressed as cowboys in a bunkhouse sing title song plus, “Red River Valley,” "Home on the Range," “Press Along to the Big Corral,” “The Old Chisolm Trail” and again “Home on the Range” mid-1930s PD 2 Copies C-11A 4-17E

Eula Beal, Contralto: she sings "Ava Maria" 4-17E

Arthur Lee Simpkins: three Snader songs, including "Return to Sorrento" (early 1950s) 4-17D

Blake and Sissel: Blackhawk print of 1924 Eubie Blake and Noble Sissel sound film 4-17D

The Wizard's Apprentice: Joseph Schenck/William Cameron Menzies classical musical production of music by Dukas (1930) copy 2 4-16A copy 3 4-15B

Champ Butler Sings: Universal short features Butler as well as The Cheers (with Bert Convey) and other acts 1955 8-8C

A Gift of Love: Tony Bennett in tender dramatic role as Ordini, The World's Most Famous Singing Clownfor United Way (plays circus clownsings "Put on a Happy Face" and "Smile"filmed in Sarasota, Florida (1980) 12-10E

Music in the Air: re education and folk music forms (with Alvin Batiste of New Orleans, Freeman Donkor of Connecticut, and Larry Groce of West Virginia) c. 1973 West Virginia Arts Council (color) 12-12E

San Fernando Valley: Benay Venuta sings "I'll Make the San Fernando Valley My Home" dedicated to the 5th Amphibious Forceproduced by Armed Forces Screen Magazine in 1944with new lyrics to reflect G.I.'s and war morale (5 minutes.) 4-15B

Kenneth Spenser: recitalAfrican-American baritonefilm distributed by Sears, Roebuck 1940s 4-17D

Community Sing Along: 2 Columbia shorts featuring Don Baker at the organ, the Song Spinners, and words on the screen/poor soundtracks (800'-1940s) 8-4A

Arthur Tracy: accordionist street-singer sings with words on screenNorman Brokenshire is announcer 4-18E

Gene Austin [my title]: 1930s short in which Gene Austin runs a Hi-De-Hi Club and sings songs 8-14B

Radio Announcers Review: Harry Von Zell, Ken Roberts, Andre Baruch, and David Ross are featured introducing various acts: Gypsy Nina (accordionist), Elizabeth Murray, segment of “The Red Ghost” radio drama—good scene of man and wife listening to radio from Adolf Zukor (1934) renewed 4-24D

Bouquet of Roses: Lew White at organ plays songs re roseswords on screen 4-16D

Songs and Stories of Labor [Joe Glazer at Rutgers]: 1200' outdoor seminar on labor folk songs and their roots (circa 1971) 12-9C

Misc. Sing-Alongs: 400' contains "Eli, Eli" Jewish religious song from Official FilmsPlus group of college-age types sitting around singing: "Daisy, Daisy", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "The Strawberry Blonde"

Blessed Assurance [Faith of Our Fathers]: owned by Religious

Visual Education , Inc of Chicago—directed by Rev. Dorland Dryer—“Scenic Psalms for Worship and Meditation”—Psalms from bible are read along with a sermon over scenes of palm trees, swans, landscapes, rock formations, churches, skieshere the reading turns to discussion of fearchildren playing, cities, skid row diners, liquor stores, poor old people, street people, sidewalk scenes, atomic explosion, city scenes—goes back to nice thingscalm scenes of mountains, waterfalls, rivers—viewers then urged to join in singing of the hymn “Faith Of Our Fathers”, lyrics are put up on screen b/w 1947 A-32D

Rah Rah Football!: Will Osborne and His Orchestra with glee club perform football fight songs from the following universities: Yale, Southern California, Illinois, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, Navy, Army (1936) 4-19B

Blues and Boogie: Official Films contains: Three Copies 2 x 4-17D and 4-24B

"Some of These Days, Maxine Sullivan (1942)

"Beat Me, Daddy," Maurice Rocco (1944)

"Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby," Nat King Cole with Ida James (1944)

Minstrel Days: 2 copies of this 400' shortone with brown tintfrom Olympic Pictures in 1939 features Nina Mae McKinney with Delose Somers and his band, the Eight Black Streaks, plus Scott & Whaley 8-13C Copy 3 is on 4-17E

Minstrel Days: Warners Bros. short from 1940 features story of "Jump Jim Crow"with Willie Best, scenes with Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson 8-7A

When Grandpa Was a Boy: white boys and girls put on a minstrel showmuch in blackfacein remembrance of the Hit parade of the Gay Ninetiesracist 1950 renewed 4-18B

Minstrel Melodies: Benny Fields and Judy Clarke in blackface song and dance short1940shas bizarre scene in which beautiful blonde woman and white man in blackface touch and cuddle in love song 4-17D

Harlem Medley: 400' Official Films 4-18C

1) "Tuxedo Junction," Edna Mae Harris with The Lindy Lennox Hoppers (1943)

2) "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby," Hilda Rogers

3) "Celito Lindo," The Mills Brothers

Scotch Songs: words on screen for community sing of Scottish classics: 4-16A

1) "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"

2) "Annie Laurie"

3) "The Campbells Are Comin'"

4) "Comin' through the Rye", etc.

[Schickelgruber Doing the] Lambeth Walk: classic anti-Nazi propaganda ridiculing goose-stepping German soldiers and Hitler (400'4 minutes)

Der Fuhrer's Face: Spike Jones and His City Slickers in Fox-Movietone newsreel performanceanti-Hitler/anti-Nazi farce draws from British short called "Schickelgruber Does the Lambeth Walk" production 4-18B

Spike Jones: Official Films with three Soundies from 1942 4-18C

a) "Clink! Clink! Another Drink"

b) "The Blacksmith Song"

c) "The Sheik of Araby"

40 Boys and a Song: Warners short profile The Mitchell Boys Choirshows boys as school kids and as a talented chorale group (1941) renewed C-11A

Carol Richards: she sings several songs, the last is a duet with Mike Douglas 1950s 4-16A

Chiquita Bananasong and short business film (5 minutes) 4-17C

Frankie Yankovic: home movies with sound of vacationers accompanied by accordionist Yankovicplays on street and in airplane 1960s 4-16A

Stephen Foster: musical biography filled with racist stereotypes of African-Americans and with Foster songs (1932) PD C-11E

Stephen Foster and His Music: Coronet biographical film from 1970—faded color

Stephen Foster Melodies: Elm City Four sing and perform to medley of Foster songs—

I Dream of Jeannie

Old Black Joe

Oh, Susannah

Old Folks at Home

Songs of the Hills: white minstrel quartet called The Radio Rubes sing “Ring Them Bells” and other racist minstrelsy songs (1930s) C-11E

Sing Me Goodbye: highlights the singing career of Kitty Kallenmany songs (1950) 4-18C

Tommy Tucker: The Band Parade short with Tucker and his orchestra 2 copies 4-18C and 4-24B

Songs to Remember: Castle “Music Album” series 1956 A-32E

1) “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: people sing in 20’s garb on a tram/trolley kind of deal, then in stands—

2) Michael Bartlett sings “The Sidewalks of New York” cop sings while kids play, people dance

3) The Men and Maids of Melody perform “In the Good Old Summertime”—-they’re on a hay rack, then on a beach, in a park

Blame It on Love: musical drama concerns singer (Joan Marsh) who quits her career to get married (John King)good opening montage of New York City nightclubs with neon signsgood scene of groom carrying bride over the threshholdgood scene with model airplane flying around meeting room of board of businessmenwoman preparing for early television program (makeup is discussed) asks the question, "Is anyone today still interested in housekeeping?"man notes, "Someday television will sweep the country, just like radio."many good shots of people watching TV, listening to radioscenes of experimental television program which becomes a household hints show promoting Hotpoint electric range for cooking by the modern woman (circa 1940) 16-3B

Sleeping Porch: Paramount comedy short stars John B. Litel—film has a medical theme (1929) PD B-4C

Rubeville Night Club: vaudeville sketch with music—concerned hick club owner who opens a rural nightclub—good routine with policeman re Prohibition and liquor—filled with vaudeville humor and period music, acrobatic dance team, wonderful comedy string band (banjo, etc.) playing good blues and jazz piece, “French” Madame LaLa singer-comedienne—a Golden Rooster Comedy from Pathe very good print (1929) PD 8-2E

Montmarte Maddness: man looking for romance in a small cellar cafe in Montmartre finds songs, can-can dancers and Apache dancers (1939) renewed C-11B

Josephine Baker: short clips duped from her French films C-11B Princess Tam Tam—fair dupe of nightclub dance

Siren Of The Tropics: silent preview with many shots of Baker, including banana dance—improved dupe

Fun Time: Eddie Foy Jr., Noel Neill, Yvonne DeCarloold woman runs a boarding house for actorswith all the stereotypes 8-14B

Mantania: from Astor Pictures with all-black cast with musical numbers and Mantan Moreland as standup comedian staralso features Butterbeans 1946 8-4D

Cream of Beatles: Braverman compilation 8-4A

Carnival in Brazil: much samba and other Brazilian musical performancewith filler shots of carnival and Rio de Janiero street scenes 1941 4-19C

Musical Rainbow: Soviet film assesses the pop music scene in USSRfrom Lithuanian film studiobeautiful footage of scenery as music is sung and playedSoviet propaganda film from 1970s 16-3B

Rock Around the Kremlin: French documentary re influence of Western rock and roll music on Soviet youth, music which by the late 1980s was no longer considered "decadent"shows Russian (Traffic Jam) and Estonian rock bandsfrom late 1980s excellent color 2 X C-1D

Discovering Russian Folk Music: looks at the elements of folk music among Russian peoplevillage, church, cities assessed BFA 1975 C-1B

The Mother: musical depiction of motherhood based on the painting by James McNeill Whistler 1930s Astor Pictures 4-19C

Bands on Parade: 4th annual Maytime Festival in National City, Californiamany high school marching bandsevent held 5/5/51 (Kodachrome color) 12-5E

[Jesse L. Lasky's] Holiday for Bands: high school bands marching and cavortingrendezvous at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma in May 1955 for band competition(includes Joliet [Illinois] Township Band)good for lazy Enid city shots, everyday life in 1950s, USA (Parthenon Films 1956) 12-23D

The Rolling Stones: good dupe of their performance on T.A.M.I. SHOWthey sing 8-5C

"The Joint Was Rockin'"

"It's Off the Hook"

"Time Is on My Side"

"It's All Over Now"

"It's Alright"

Disco Lights: color films of disco dance lighting from 2/3/78visual with magnetic soundtrackplus optical soundtrack onlyno dancers, just the various blinking light patterns of 4 or 5 empty dance floors 12-12E

Care A Van: Whirlpool film that is camp masterpiece using ersatz hippie "flower power" clothing and staging to sing songs and do skits about consumers buying appliancesmusic provided by real rock group The American Breedone of four principal singers in black actress Lee Chamberlain Jam Handy 1970 12-20C

Jazz Balldupe with low sound of 52-minute film tracing history of jazz performanceall stars include Peggy Lee, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, etc. 20-2A

SND Satchmo: memorializing jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrongexcellent colorPeggy Lee sings Lord's Prayer at funeralbiographical

The Negro In Entertainment: hosted by Claude A. Barnett, Etta Moten Barnett, and Pittsburgh Courier managing editor Bill Nunnproduced for Chesterfield cigarettesshort musical excerpts include the following: 2 copies 4-17D and 4-24B

W.C. Handy (S)

Ethel Waters

Sugar Chile Robinson

Una Mae Carlisle

Duke Ellington