<I>Cab Calloway Home Movie #2</I>
date: label: Date
content: early 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Created by
content: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Nuffie Calloway, American, 1915 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A compilation reel of silent, black-and-white home movies featuring Cab Calloway and his family at their home in Long Island, NY and at the beach. (N.B. Original footage has exposure irregularities). It consists of 16mm film (2015.273.2.2.1a), an original 400-foot film reel (2015.273.2.2.1b), and original 400-foot film can (2015.273.2.2.1c).
label: Description
content: The first two shots of the film were captured in front of the Calloway home. The first depicts Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway, Cab Calloway's wife, holding one of their children, and the second shows the local milkman dropping off milk. This is followed by shots of Mrs. Calloway and an unidentified woman exiting an unidentified building. The next shot captures an unidentified woman showing off one of Calloway's children for the camera. An overexposed section follows. The subsequent series of shots depict Calloway napping with one of his children in a hammock as an unidentified older woman sits next to them. This is followed by a sequence focused on Calloway's children, a toddler and an elementary-school-aged boy, and the unidentified older woman. The three individuals pose for the camera in different positions. Mrs. Calloway also appears in several shots. The next series again focuses on the toddler at a gathering of family and friends in the front yard. Lena Horne can be seen in many of the shots playing with the toddler. Horne interacts with various unidentified individuals and poses for the camera in front of Calloway's home in the following series of shots. The film concludes with a sequence filmed during a family trip to the beach. The Calloway's toddler-age child appears most prominently. There are also shots of Mrs. Calloway and an unidentified older child, as well as a shot of Calloway carrying the toddler on his shoulders.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Long Beach, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fatherhood
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.273.2.2.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: home movies
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Creative Arts By Calloway, LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film on metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (film strip): 350 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 00:12:38