- Title: V-1119
- Summary: SLOW POKE: SONG HIT SERIES STEPPIN FETCHIT - THE ORIGINAL LAZY BONES. LETHIA HILL, UNA LABEK, KATHERINE SMITH, BUNNY & THE COTTON GIRLS. COMEDY SHORT. BLACK FOLKS OUTSIDE ON FRONT LAWN. MAN IN ROCKING CHAIR. SHE PULLS STRING AND A RADIO COMES OUT. BLACK RADIO ANNOUNCER. LISTENING TO RADIO. BLACK HILLBILLY FARMER CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA. BLACK WOMAN SINGS LAZY BONES. LITTLE BLACK BOY HOLDING A WATERMELON. LETHARGIC MAN SINGING. BOY PUTS PILLOW BEHIND HIS HEAD. SHOW GIRLS WALK PAST AND TAP DANCE. AUNT JEMIMA-LIKE WOMAN TAP DANCES. LITTLE BOY DANCES. WIFE THREATENS LAZY BONES OVER THE RADIO. HE FINALLY GETS UP OUT OF HIS CHAIR. TALKS REAL SLOW. GOES INTO KITCHEN. PULLS LEVER, EGG ROLLS DOWN RAMP, HAMMER BREAKS EGG, WHICH FALLS INTO FRYING PAN TO COOK. ODD CONTRAPTIONS TO DO THE WORK FOR HIM. EXERT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ENERGY POSSIBLE. WIFE YELLS AT HIM. AUTOMATIC BUTTER CHURNING. RUNNING ON TREADMILL. BLACK STEREOTYPES. UNCLE TOM.
- Description:02:56:55 - STEREOTYPE BLACK COMIC STEPIN FETCHIT PLAYTS A LAZY BLACK MANBLACK FOLKS OUTSIDE ON FRONT LAWN. MAN IN ROCKING CHAIR. SHE PULLS STRING AND A RADIO COMES OUT. BLACK RADIO ANNOUNCER. 02:57:57 - LETHIA HILL: LAZYBONES (live) LISTENING TO RADIO. BLACK HILLBILLY FARMER CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA. BLACK WOMAN SINGS LAZY BONES. 03:00:13 - LITTLE BLACK BOY HOLDING A WATERMELON. LETHARGIC MAN SINGING. BOY PUTS PILLOW BEHIND HIS HEAD. SHOW GIRLS WALK PAST AND TAP DANCE. AUNT JEMIMA-LIKE WOMAN TAP DANCE 03:01:40 - SHOW GIRLS WALK PAST AND TAP DANCE BLACK COTTON CLUB FEMALE CHORUS DANCERS COTTON CLUB CHORUS LINE 03:02:33 - AUNT JEMIMA - AND LITTLE BOY TAP DANCE 03:03:03 - EXTREME RACIAL STEREOTYPE - ACTOR STEPIN FETCHIT SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR SPEAKS INCOHERENTLY - 03:03:18 - ANGY WIFE HENPECKS STEPIN FETCHIT WHO MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY AND WANDERS INTO HIS CABIN KITCHEN EGG LAYING MACHINE FOR THE LAZY MAN GAGS TO GO WITH A VERY LAZY MAN MECHANICAL CONTRAPTIONS TO DO SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD CHORES EASIER 03:05:19 - LETHIA HILL: LAZY BONES SINGS EXCERPT TO ACTOR STEPIN FETCHIT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1933
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-1119