- Title: F-0809
- Summary: MARIAN ANDERSON: PRESENTS BLACK SINGER MARIAN ANDERSON AS SHE SINGS A PROGRAM OF SONGS IN REHEARSAL AS WELL AS ON CONCERT STAGE. A RECITAL OF CLASSICAL VOCAL MUSIC. ANDERSON'S CAREER AND LIFE ARE EXAMINED. PROVIDES DETAILS OF HER LIFE INCLUDING HER BIRTH PLACE, FRIENDS THAT HAVE HELPED HER, HER FARM HOME IN CONNECTICUT AND THE HONORS BESTOWED UPON HER.
- Description:00:00:20 - EXT. TOWN HALL, NYC. CONCERT HALL IN NEW YORK CITY. PEOPLE FLOCK TO MARIAN ANDERSON RECITAL. CROWDS OUTSIDE THEATRE 00:00:34 - PEOPLE GO INTO THEATRE 00:00:51 - MARIAN ANDERSON: BEGRUSSING ANDERSON PERFORMS "BEGRUSSING" BY HANDEL 00:04:20 - ANDERSON ON STAGE AS CURTAIN CLOSES WITH BROKEN FOOT. PLACED INTO CHAIR. MAN POURS WATER FROM PITCHER 00:04:41 - SOUTH PHILADELPHIA BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD APARTMENT BUILDINGS 00:04:52 - STORE-FRONT CHURCH 00:04:54 - ANDERSON'S MOTHER AT HOME. ON FRONT PORCH, SITS AND READS BOOK 00:05:08 - EXT. UNION BAPTIST CHURCH 00:05:11 - CU PASSING COLLECTION BASKET IN CHURCH. FILLED WITH COINS 00:05:17 - MARIAN WITH FAMOUS AMERICAN IMPRESARIO. SOL HUROK 00:05:31 - ANDERSON ENDS SONG 00:05:58 - NY TIMES REVIEW OF ANDERSON 00:06:05 - MONTAGE OF RECITAL-CONCEPT PROGRAMS 00:06:15 - MONTAGE OF AWARDS WON BY MARIAN ANDERSON 00:06:22 - PHILADELPHIA'S INDEPENDENCE HALL 00:06:30 - PHILADELPHIA ARENA 00:06:38 - MARIAN ANDERSON AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC 00:06:49 - CROWD OF 75,000 PEOPLE LISTEN. WASHINGTON MONUMENT SEEN 00:07:06 - ANDERSON WALKS ONTO STAGE AND BOWS 00:07:18 - OPERA AUDIENCE APPLAUSE 00:07:24 - MARIAN ANDERSON: O, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY PERFORMS "O, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY" 00:09:21 - CLASSICAL MUSIC HALL AUDIENCE APPLAUSE 00:09:29 - MARIAN ANDERSON: HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS 00:11:23 - MARIAN ANDERSON: CRUCIFIXION PERFORMS "CRUCIFIXION" 00:14:05 - EXTREME CU ANDERSON SINGING MOURNFUL SONG 00:15:39 - SILENT AUDIENCE LISTENING. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 00:16:09 - MARIANNA FARM. CU MAILBOX. MARIAN WALKS OUT OF YARD 00:16:56 - MARIAN WORKING IN PHOTOGRAPHY DARKROOM 00:17:11 - WALKING ACROSS PROPERTY TO STUDIO COTTAGE 00:17:23 - GOING OVER MUSIC, PLANNING TOUR WITH HER PIANO ACCOMPANIST, FRANZ RUFF. IN LIVING ROOM OF STUDIO COTTAGE 00:17:35 - MARIAN ANDERSON: DEEP RIVER REHEARSING AT HOME. PERFORMS "DEEP RIVER" 00:20:03 - MARIAN TURNS ON REEL-TO-REEL TAPE RECORDER. MICROPHONE 00:20:12 - MARIAN ANDERSON: COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE PERFORMS "COMIN' THRU' THE RYE" 00:21:57 - LOADING LUGGAGE INTO WOODY. STATION WAGON. STARTING TOUR. (BLACK MIGRATION?) 00:22:18 - COMES ONTO STAGE AND BOWS 00:22:40 - MARIAN ANDERSON: AVE MARIA PERFORMS SHUBERT'S "AVE MARIA"
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-0809