<I>Jittering Jitterbugs</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Directed by
content: Walter Graham
label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Hamtree Harrington, American, 1886 - 1954
label: Subject of
content: Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers, American
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm print of the film Jittering Jitterbugs. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with people dancing in a ballroom. The footage then cuts to a man identified as Baron on stage with women wearing long gowns standing opposite to him. Baron then says, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Frank Harrison will introduce, on my behalf, these lovely ladies." Mr. Harrison joins the group on stage, thanks Baron and introduces each woman to the audience who applauds. After some time, Baron presents a trophy to one of the women in the pageant. When the woman walks offstage, Baron takes the trophy from her. The next scene features a jitterbug contest. Couples compete on the dancefloor as a band performs onstage and audience members sit at tables in the flanks. One man, after learning of the jitterbug contest, raises from his seat and walks around the room, stopping at several of the other tables. At the last table he approaches, he touches one of the women seated at the table. The woman in turn slaps him in the face. The man responds by saying, "Woman, do you know who you slapped? You slapped the most jittering jitterbug that ever jittered." The two then join the other couples on the dancefloor. In the closing scene, the woman can be seen walking away with a trophy.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Race films
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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: 2015.275.13.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:08:18
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 300 ft