- Title: VM-32C
- Summary: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: KEN DARBY & THE KINGSMEN PRESENT THE LIFE OF STEPHEN FOSTER & HIS SONGS "BEAUTIFUL DREAMER", "OH SUSANNA", "CAMPTOWN RACES". WASHED-UP DEPRESSED MAN LIES IN BED. PLANTATION HOUSE. CORN FIELD, MEADOW. BLACK GUYS BEAT EACH OTHER UP. FREED SLAVES STAND OVER GRAVE, FUNERAL. PROCESSION TOWARDS CHURCH. MAN WITH HIS FAMILY. MAMIE-AUNT JEMIMA CHARACTER BEATS HER LAZY HUSBAND WITH ROLLING PIN. INSANE MAN LOOKS AROUND. LIGHTS CANDLES AS HE WRITES SONG. CLOUDS. SICK MAN FALLS OUT OF BED. "BELLUVUE HOSPITAL - QUIET PLEASE" SIGN. NURSE GIVES BELONGINGS TO FAMILY.
- Description:00:27:58 - DRAMATIZATION OF STEPHEN FOSTER AND HIS WRITING - COMPOSING OF HIS SONG " BEAUTIFUL DREAMER " Dramatization of this part of Stephen Collin's Foster's life 00:29:12 - MAN LIES IN BED DAY DREAMING 00:30:24 - PLANTATION BLACK'S STEREOTYPED AS " DARKIES" BLACK PLANTATION SLAVES SINGING TO INSPIRE STEPHEN FOSTER " OLD BLACK JOE" FUNERAL OF OLD BLACK MAN OLD BLACK JOE 00:32:17 - OLD BLACK MAN ASLEEP PLANTATION BLACK STEREOTYPES - MEN SING " DE CAMPTOWN RACES " BIG MAMMY WITH LAZY HUSBAND BLACK STEREOTYPES 00:33:31 - BROKE, SICK STEPHEN FOSTER LIES ON HIS BED AND IS VISITED BY HIS BROTHER 00:36:39 - STEPHEN FOSTER COMPOSES " BEAUTIFUL DREAMER " 00:38:03 - MAN DREAMS AND HAS VISION OF BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SINGING " BEAUTIFUL DREAMER " 00:40:59 - SIGN FOR BELLEVUE HOSPITAL "QUIET PLEASE" 00:41:12 - STEPHEN FOSTER'S WIFE AND BROTHER PICK UP HIS BELONGINGS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-32C