Summary

BLACK MUSIC SHORTS

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Title: BLACK MUSIC SHORTS
File Number: SWF-15 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Music
Year: 1932, 1929
Description: B W 1932, 1929 CROONERS HOLIDAY - 1932 Director - Del Lord Mack Sennett studios. Negative black stereotype. Bing Crosby in blackface. B W 1932, 1929 BROWN GRAVEY - 1929 Director: Willaim Watson. Cast: Roberta Hyson, Jim Jones, Deacon McDaniels, Jim Skinner, Ben Ayers. Muriel Climint, who has inherited $5,000 from her husband, visits a spiritualist by the name of Esaw Flemmin. He fakes a trance and convinces her to give him $1,000. During a seance, her husband's spirit forces Esaw to confess that he is a fake. Black cast White filmmakers General audiences. B W 1932, 1929 ST. LOUIS BLUES - 1929 Director: Dudley Murphy Cast: Bessie Smith, Isabel Washington, Jimmy Mordecai. This is legendary jazz great Bessie Smith's only film in shich she sings the equally legendary "St. Louis Blues." Bessie finds her unfaithful husband, Jimmy, in the arms of another woman. After a brief battle, Bessie throws the woman out and begs Jimmy to stay. Jimmy ignores her pleas and leaves Bessie to sing the blues. Suddenly, Jimmy returns and Bessie is overjoyed. But Jimmy only takes Bessie's money and leaves her, alone and depressed.
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