Film clip of "Stealin' Apples" from A Song is Born
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Directed by
content: Howard Hawks, American, 1896 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Lionel Hampton, American, 1908 - 2002
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A film clip of Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton performing the jazz song "Stealin' Apples" in the musical film A Song is Born. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound (a) and an original plastic film reel (b). The footage opens with Professor Magenbruch (Benny Goodman) walking into a room accompanied by another gentleman. Professor Magenbruch approaches Lionel Hampton, who stands by a vibraphone and asks, "Is this the music here?" After a brief conversation, the group plays the tune to the jazz song "Stealin' Apples.” An audience surrounds Hampton, Professor Magenbruch and the other instrumentalists, and dances to the beat.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.275.32.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
label: Type
content: film clips
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:03:49
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 49 ft