- Title: SG-5
- Summary: ALBERTA HUNTER: MY CASTLE'S ROCKIN': LIFE OF BLACK BLUES SINGER - NIGHTCLUB PERFORMER - BROADWAY PERFORMER ALBERTA HUNTER
- Description:01:00:06 - BEGINS WITH ALBERTA HUNTER TALKING TO CAMERA, TITLE SEQUENCE AND CREDITS - INTERVIEW WITH ALBERTA HUNTER 01:00:38 - ALBERTA HUNTER: MY CASTLE'S ROCKIN' (live) AFRICAN AMERICAN BLUES - POP SINGER ALBERTA HUNTER AT AGE 83 PERFORMERS AT BARNEY JOSEPHSON'S "COOKERY" NIGHTCLUB IN GREENWICH VILLAGE 01:02:45 - ALBERTA HUNTER: TWO FISTED DOUBLE JOINTED ROUGH AND READY MAN (live) ALBERTA HUNTER PREFORMS OLD CLARA SMITH RISQUE DOUBLE ENTENDRE BLUES SONG 01:06:02 - RECORD PRODUCER AND JAZZ SCHOLAR JOHN HAMMOND SR. TALKS ABOUT ALBERTA HUNTER 01:06:11 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS - EARLY CHILDHOOD PHOTOS OF ALBERTA HUNTER AND HER LIFE IN MEMPHIS 1890S-1900'S - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS AND HER FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES 01:07:28 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT MOVING TO CHICAGO IN 1906 TO MAKE MONEY AS A SINGER - EARLY PHOTOS OF RAILROAD TRAINS AND CHICAGO AT TURN OF THE CENTURY 01:08:52 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS IN CHICAGO - PHOTO OF HER WITH FLORENCE MILLS AND CORA GREEN AND NEW ORLEANS PIANIST=T SONGWRITER TONY JACKSON 01:09:48 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH THE PROSTITUTES IN CHICAGO "DAGO FRANK" "TACK ANNIE" THE PICKPOCKET 01:12:34 - DANCERS HARRY WATKINS AND ALBERTA HUNTER TALK ABOUT THEIR EARLY YEARS AS PERFORMERS IN BLACK NIGHTCLUBS IN CHICAGO CIRCA 1930 01:13:02 - ALBERTA HUNTER: DARKTOWN STRUTTER'S BALL (live) GERALD COOK ON PIANO 01:15:01 - ALBERTA HUNTER PHOTOS AND TALKS ABOUT MAKING MONEY AS A PERFORMER IN CHICAGO IN THE EARLY 1920'S 01:17:25 - ALBERTA HUNTER RECORDED ON PARAMOUNT RECORDS - PHOTOS OF HER LABELS - TALK ABOUT ALBERTA HUNTERS COMPOSING BESSIE SMITH'S FIRST HIT RECORD " DOWN HEARTED BLUES " 01:18:23 - INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HAMMOND SR. - HE TALKS ABOUT ALBERTA HUNTER'S 1922 DOWN HEARTED BLUES FOR BESSIE SMITH 01:19:31 - ALBERTA HUNTER: DOWNHEARTED BLUES (live) 01:23:42 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HER FIRST HUSBAND " I WASN'T CUT OUT TO BE A HOUSEWIFE" - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT GOING TO NEW YORK FOR HER CAREER - TRIED OUT TO BE IN SISSLE & BLAKES " SHUFFLE ALONG " SHOW 01:26:47 - A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE " COLORED ENTRANCE " SIGN FOR NEW ORLEAN'S SAENGER THEATER - SEGREGATION - 1920'S 01:26:51 - ALBERTA HUNTER: I'VE GOT A MIND TO RAMBLE (live) 01:29:41 - ALBERTA HUNTER GOES TO FRANCE IN 1927 TO PERFORM - MONTGE OF BLACK JAZZ MUSICIANS IN FRANCE 1920'S - FLORENCE MILLS, JOHNNY HUDGINS, JOSPEHINE BAKER 01:31:00 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT GOING TO FRANCE IN THE 1920'S - TRYING TO MAKE IT IN FRANCE 01:31:42 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT GOING TO ENGLAND TO PERFORM IN LONDON 01:35:55 - SCENE FROM BRITISH FILM " RADIO PARADE OF 1935 - ALBERTA HUNTER PERFORMS " BLACK SHADOWS" - GOES FROM BLACK & WHITE TO COLOR FILM - BLACK COTTON CLUB STYLE CHORUS GIRLS - SONG ABOUT PERSECUTION FOR BEING BLACK - FILMED IN 1935 01:37:30 - ALBERTA HUNTER TALKS ABOUT HER FASHION SENSE - END OF HER CAREER IN LATE 1930'S 01:40:08 - ALBERTA HUNTER IN THE USO PERFORMED FOR THE TROOPS ( STILLS ONLY ) 01:43:22 - ALBERTA HUNTER INTERVIEWED - TALKS ABOUT WORKING AS A NURSE AND RETIRING AND HER COMEBACK AT AGE 83 01:43:40 - INTERVIEW WITH BARNEY JOSEPHSON ABOUT REDISCOVERING ALBERTA HUNTER 01:45:03 - ALBERTA HUNTER: HAVING A GOOD TIME LIVING MY LIFE TODAY (live) 01:46:57 - JOHN HAMMOND SR. TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH ALBERTA HUNTER 01:47:19 - ALBERTA HUNTER: MY HANDY MAN (live) TALKS ABOUT WRITING TO YOUR PARENTS BEFORE SINGING SONG 01:51:51 - ALBERTA HUNTER WITH PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER - REHEARSES WITH HER PIANIST GEREALD COOK - HER FINAL PERFORMANCE 01:53:31 - ALBERTA HUNTER: THE LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU 01:56:13 - CREDITS, END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1987
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: SG-5