Film clips from Jazz Ball
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Directed by
content: Leslie Roush, American, 1901 - 1977
label: Narrated by
content: Ben Grauer, American, 1908 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Betty Hutton, American, 1921 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Henry Busse, German American, 1894 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Isham Jones, American, 1894 - 1956
label: Subject of
content: Bob Chester, American, 1908 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Gene Krupa, American, 1909 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Peggy Lee, American, 1920 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Buddy Rich, American, 1917 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Artie Shaw, American, 1910 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Lawrence Welk, American, 1903 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Johnnie Davis, American, 1910 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Hal Kemp, American, 1904 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Will Mastin Trio, American
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: Film clips from the musical documentary Jazz Ball. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It consists of archival footage of numerous jazz and vaudeville performers and opens with actress Betty Hutton singing and dancing to "The Dipsy Doodle" as Vincent Lopez's band plays behind her. In another scene, Isham Jones and his band performs "Second Hungarian Rhapsody." Other acts in the documentary include Henry Busse performing "Hot Lips," couples dance in a ballroom as he and his band performs; Bob Chester and his band performing "Boogie Woogie;" Hal Kemp and His Orchestra performing "Swamp Fire;" Johnnie 'Scat' Davis singing "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition;" Gene Krupa and his band performing "Jungle Madness" some of his bandmates are Charlie Ventura and Roy Eldridge; singer Peggy Lee singing "It's a Good Day;" Lawrence Welk performing "Ain't She Sweet;" and Buddy Rich and Artie Shaw performing. In the final clip of the compilation, The Will Mastin Trio performs "Boogie Woogie Piggy." As they perform, the narrator comments that, "This rendition of 'Boogie Woogie Piggie' marks Sammy Davis Jr.'s debut some years ago," before the closing credits role.
place: label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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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: 2015.275.38.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Republic Pictures Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:26:22
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 1000 ft