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Our holdings consist of PUBLIC DOMAIN titles and films that remain protected through copyrights. While Public Domain footage can be licensed immediately by MacDonald & Associates, protected films must be cleared with the copyright holder before being used in a new production. Just because a motion picture is in our inventory, it does not mean that MacDonald & Associates maintains the legal right to license its use. Please contact us for the copyright status on individual titles.

Showtime at the Apollo [Harlem Variety Review]: Willie Bryant hosts this rhythm & blues variety showcase (some songs original; some from Snader Telescriptions  [ Snader Telescriptions are short performances produced in 1951-1952 for local television stations needing "filler" programming.] from earlier in the decade) 12-13C

1) Ruth Brown, "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean"
2) Amos Milborn, "Bewildered"
3) Faye Adams, "Somebody Somewhere"
4) The Clovers, "Lovey Dovey"
5) Sarah Vaughan, "These Things I'll Feel for a Lifetime"
6) Coles & Atkins, song and dance duo
7) Herb Jeffries, "A Woman Is a Worrisome Thing"
8) Cab Calloway, "The Calloway Boogie"

 

Showtime at the Apollo II: 12-25B

1) Lionel Hampton, "Air Mail Special" jazz performance flows into rhythm & blues saxophone battle
2) Delta Rhythm Boys. "Dry Bones"
3) Ruth Brown, "Have a Good Time"
4) Jonah Jones sings and plays trumpet with Cab Calloway quintet, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"
5) Comedy: Mantan Moreland and Nipsey Russell in anticipation routine
6) Amos Milborn, "Goin' to Tell My Mama"
7) Lionel Hampton, big band jazz arrangement

Elvis on Steve Allen: 800' dupe of Presley performance on The Steve Allen Show in 7/56 8-1D

Elvis 1969:Special: "Elvis" is one-hour Singer comeback special on NBC (12/3/69) 20-3D

Elvis on Stage Show 2nd Appearance: opening 15 minutes of his second appearance in January 1956songs "I Wanna Play House with You" and "Tutti Frutti" 4-18C

Stage Show: 5th appearanceElvis Presley appears with June Taylor dancers, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy Nelson, Nestle commercialsElvis sings "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" (3/17/56) 4-18C

Elvis on Stage Show 6th Appearance: opening 15 minutes of his last performance in April 1956sings "Money Honey" and "Heartbreak Hotel" 4-18C

Elvis on Berle Show: Elvis Presley excerpt from The Milton Berle Show (Elvis sings "Hound Dog" and clowns with Berle and Debra Paget) 4-18C

Elvis Presley: reel of movie trailers

Where the Action Is I: today is "Keith Allison Day" (9/30/66) 12-13C

Where the Action Is II: 20-10B

A) guest Roy Orbison ("Mean Woman Blues," "Dream Baby")has promo at the end for tomorrow's show which features Martha and the Vandellasthey sing "Dancing in the Streets" (8/3/66)

B) Brenda Lee ("Bye, Bye Blues" and "I'm Sorry") and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels ("C.C. Rider" and a second song) 8/16/66

 

Where the Action Is III: reel on 12-14A

A) guest James Brown ("Outta Sight," "This Is a Man's World") 8/11/66

B) guests and performances are

The Young Rascals, "True Love'
Barry Mann, "Angelica"
Keith Allison, "Let's Go"
The Young Rascals, "What Ya Tryin' to Do to My Heart?"
Barry Mann sings montage of songs he wrote for other performerse.g. "Kicks," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"

In Concert: kinescope of Gentle Giant, Climax Blues Band, and Souther-Hillman-Furay Band (1/3/75) 12-6B

American Bandstand: guests Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Vinton, The Spats (10/24/64) 1 hour 16-5C

The Monkees I: "A Coffin Too Frequent" (#43) B&W poor

The Monkees II: "Monkees' Other Wheels" mint color (#46)

The Partridge Family I: premier episode (9/25/70)

The Partridge Family II: Farah Fawcett appears in small role (10/2/70) #2

The Partridge Family III: "My Son the Hippie" (6/24/74)

Arthur Godfrey's  Talent Scouts

II: winner is Jimmy Rodgersothers contestants are Jane Hall and Freddy Montell (ads for Tame Creme Rinse, Toni permanent) 6/10/57 12-4B

III: one of the losing contestants is rockabilly singer Roy Clark and the Power Pack performing "Blue Suede Shoes", but they lose to opera singer!commercials for Tonette, White Rain shampoo, Toni home permanent (6/11/56) 12-5E

ABC Scope: "The Wild World of Discotheque" (see NEWS 85)

Romp: stylish clone of Laugh-In, music-and-comedy variety hour w/ guests Jimmy Durante, James Darren, Barbara Eden, Harper's Bazarre, Sammy Davis, SrRichard Dreyfus has bit role--hosts Michelle Lee, Ryan O'Nealand CREAM does rock and roll "The Sunshine of Your Love"Harper's Bazarre sing "Feelin' Groovy"cameos from Steve Allen, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis, JrRob Reiner is one writer (4/21/68)

Shindig I: pilot show features Little Richard, the Righteous Brothers (7/64) 12-6D

Shindig II: "The Wild and Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" entire show given over to promote new American-International teen film (w/ Vincent Price and Harvey Lembeck) 11/18/65 (network kinescope w/ commercials for Stri-dex pimple cream) 12-3E

The Doors on Ed Sullivan: group sings two songs 4-18C

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

Hair: musical production numbers from the film

The Beatles Interview: interviewed re "A Hard Day's Night"--followed by poor dupe of "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" videosfollowed by "Hey, Jude" studio performance 8-3E

The Beatles: "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Field Forever" (1967) 4-16A

Beatles Performances 20-2C

The Beatles Washington D.C. Concert 2/11/64 1200'

Around the Beatles: British TV 5/6/64 800'

The Beatles: TV cartoon series: a) "Honey, Don't", b) "Slow Down", c) Sing A-long: "Long Tall Sally" and "Twist & Shout", d) "Baby's in Black" (10/9/65) #3 12-5D

Jefferson Airplane: perform "Volunteers of America"

World of Adventure II: "Rock: The Beat Goes On" 12-10B

Something Else: guests are The Ides of March singing "Vehicle" (1970) #19 12-7A

Grateful Dead: they appear and soeka and sing in CBS NEWS documentary, "The Hippie Temptation" (August 1967)

Disco Lights: color films of disco dance lighting from 2/3/78visual with magnetic soundtrackplus optical soundtrack onlyno dancers, just the various blinking light patterns of 4 or 5 empty dance floors 12-12E

Disco Dancing: scenes with sound from disco nightclubdancing and music 1970s 12-1B

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 appliancesmusic provided by real rock group

The American Breedone of four principal singers is black actress Lee Chamberlain Jam Handy 1970 12-20C

The Rolling Stones: good dupe of their performance on

T.A.M.I. Showthey 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"

Rock and Roll Songsdupe 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"

 

Rhythm and Blues Songs: dupes of mostly Blacks singing taken from Official Films shorts and the feature film, Mr. Rock and Roll with Alan Freed12-8E

1) The Ink Spots, "The Gypsy" (1946)
2) The Moonglows, "Over and Over Again" (from the feature film Don't Knock the Rock) 1956
3) Chuck Berry, "You Can't Catch Me"
4) The Flamingos, "Would I Be Crying"
5) Johnny Burnett Trio, "Lonesome Train"
7) Clyde McPhatter "You'll Be There"
8) Clyde McPhatter, "Rock and Cry"

Ricky Nelson: "It's a Mean Old World" end segment from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet programalso see other episodes that sitcom series

NEWS 267: ABC SPECIAL: "The Singers" one-half of the ABC documentary profiles Aretha Franklinfilm released as an educational short entitled "Aretha Franklin: Soul Singer") aired May 11, 1968

The Supremes: "The Happening" production number from Tennessee Ernie Ford Showfeatures Diana Ross and the Supremeswith Tennessee Ernie, Andy Griffith, and Danny Thomas (200' in 400' can) color kine (12/3/67)

From Bach to Rock [and Back Again]: program presents mélange of music representing the evolution of music from rock groups such as The New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, to the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Philadelphia Art Ensemble, piano duetcontains PSA urging New Yorkers to be helpful to tourists visiting the cityfrom WCAU-TV (6/17/69)

Rock and Roll: reel contains rock performances from Monterey Pop and Woodstock 12-4A

1) Canned Heat + Simon & Garfunkle, "Feelin' Groovy"
2) The Mamas and Papas: "California Dreamin'"
3) Big Brother and the Holding Company w/ Janis Joplin
4) Hugh Masakela
5) Eric Burden and the Animals
6) The Who
7) Jefferson Airplane
8) Jefferson Airplane, "Revolution"

Rock Around the Clock: feature film with Bill Haley and the Vomets, The Platters (1956)

Monterey Pop: documentary of rock and roll musical festival in 1967 2 reels 2 X 16-3B

Half a Sixpence: production short for this film showing the making of a musical production number 400'

Joe Cocker/Leon Russell: promo for Mad Dogs and Englishmen (5 minutes)

Rock and Roll Film Trailers: youth-oriented film trailersmost are from mid- to late 1950smost are Columbia Pictures:

Juke Box Rhythm: w/ Jack Jones, Jo Morrow, Earl Grant Trio, Johnny Otis, The Treniers, George Jessel

Let's Rock: w/ Wink Martindale, Julius LaRosa, Phyllis Kirk, Conrad Janis, Paul Anka, The Tyrones, The Royal Teens, Roy Hamilton, Danny and the Juniors, Della Reese"a great story of young love and young rhythm"

Going Steady: w/ Molly Bee, Alan Reed, Jr., "the hilarious goings-on of the go, go, go generation"

Don't Knock The Rock: w/ Alan Dale, Dave Appell, Alan Freed, The Treniers, Little Richard, Bill Haley and the Comets

Senior Prom: w/ Jill Corey, Paul Hampton, Jimmie Komack, Ed Sullivan, Mitch Miller, Connie Boswell, Bob Crosby, Toni Arden, Freddy Martin, Jose Melis, Les Elgart, Louis Prima, Keely Smith

Calypso Heat Wave: w/ Maya Angelou, Johnny Desmond, Meg Myles, Darla Hood, Dick Whittinghill, The Treniers, The Tarriers, The Hi-Lo's

The Party's Over: rock and roll filmOliver Reed in youth filmBritish

Seaside Swingers: rock and rollFreddie and the Dreamers perform two segments, The Mojos

Bobby Vinton: interview in studio while recording the song "The End of the World"describes why he is the "successful unknown" 8-9C

FCC/Drugs: half-hour reel relating to FCC crackdown on radio stations playing rock and roll records with drug referencesincludes disk jockeys from KRLA and KPPCplus David Crosby Art Linkletter Casey Kasem 12-1B

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