- Title: PDF-302
- Summary: KILLER DILL: ALL-BLACK CAST MUSICAL FEATURE PRODUCED BY E.M. GLUCKSMAN AND HIS "ALL AMERICAN NEWSREEL COMPANY " ( FIRST ALL-BLACK NEWSREEL FROM CIRCA 1941-46) FEATURING BUTTERFLY McQUEEN ( from GONE WITH THE WIND ), DUSTY FLETCHER , ANDY KIRK AND HIS BAND , (NAT) KING COLE TRIO , JACKIE "MOMS" MABLEY, VARIETIETTES DANCING GIRLS ( from KATHERINE DUNHAM SCHOOL OF DANCING) , PATTERSON & JACKSON, CLARK BROTHERS FOUR CONGAROOS, BEVERLY WHITE
- Description:00:01:40 - WS HARLEM'S FAMOUS LINCOLN THEATRE w KING COLE TRIO & ANDY KIRK ORCHESTRA ON MARQUEE BILL 00:01:46 - MS OF ALL-BLACK VARIETY SHOW BILLBOARD w MOMS MABLEY, ANDY KIRK, KING COLE TRIO, ON BILL CHITLIN CURCUIT 00:03:14 - SHOW PRODUCER PUTS PEARLS AROUND NECK OF PRETTY CHORUS GIRL IN HIS OFFICE 00:03:39 - DUSTY FLETCHER IN COMIC BLACK CLOWN GARB INTERFERES WITH PRODUCER AND TALKS WITH BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN 00:04:49 - WS THEATRE STAGE WITH BLACK ACTORS REHEARSING 00:06:09 - BUMBLING AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLICE ALA BLACK KEYSTONE COPS 00:07:59 - DUSTY FLETCHER PERFORMS HIS DISAPEARING ACT WITH POLICE 00:11:59 - BUMBLING BLACK KEYSTONE COPS 00:14:02 - ALL-BLACK THEATRE FRONT WITH AD FOR ALL-AMERICAN NEWSREEL (BLACK NEWSREEL) ON BILLBOARD - PAN OF MARQUEE WITH 00:14:24 - MS AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK THEATRE AUDIENCE ENTERS THEATRE CROWD ENTERS THEATRE COULD BE APOLLO THEATRE BLACK CROWD ENTERS THEATRE 00:14:31 - WS PAN OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE CROWD IN THEIR SEATS IN THEATER PAN OF BALCONY AS WELL - FOLLOWING ACTS FILMED LIVE ON STAGE BLACK THEATER CHITLIN CIRCUIT TOBA BLACK VAUDEVILLE 00:15:18 - ANDY KIRK BAND: GATOR SERENADE ANDY KIRK BAND - GATOR SERENADE ( features tenor saxophonists RAY ABRAMS AND SHIRLEY GREEN ) 00:20:23 - BEVERLY WHITE: I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED 00:24:09 - BEVERLY WHITE: T'AINT NOBODY'S BIZNESS WHAT I DO BEVERLY WHITE - T'AINT NOBODY'S BIZNESS WHAT I DO ( reworking of classic 1920'S blues tune) 00:27:34 - PATTERSON & JACKSON: I BELIEVE THOSE THINGS PATTERSON & JACKSON - I BELIEVE THOSE THINGS ( classic black T.O.B.A. style FAT comic song & dance duo) 00:28:37 - PATTERSON & JACKSON: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' PATTERSON & JACKSON - AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' ( tap dance & song) 00:30:22 - PATTERSON & JACKSON - IMITATES The Ink Spots 00:34:09 - JACKIE MOMS MABLEY - CLASSIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN STAND UP COMEDY ROUTINE 00:36:03 - JACKIE MOMS MABLEY: DON'T SIT ON MY BED 00:39:17 - THE CLARK BROTHERS - TAP DANCE DUO ala NICHOLAS BROTHERS 00:44:59 - KING COLE TRIO: (no title available) KING COLE TRIO ( NAT KING COLE) 00:52:10 - CONGAROOS - SWING / LINDY HOPPERS DANCE QUARTET 00:54:53 - ANDY KIRK ORCHESTRA: (no title available) ANDY KIRK ORCHESTRA - hot instrumental featuring early electric guitar 00:58:54 - ANDY KIRK ORCHESTRA - instrumental featuring bass fiddle 01:05:04 - MOMS MABLEY ON STAGE WITH DUSTY FLETCHER RUNNING AROUND IN BACKROUND 01:06:19 - DUSTY FLETCHER - COMIC ROUTINE 01:09:29 - VARIETETTES - DANCING GIRL CHORUS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PDF-302