<I>Swing!</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1938
name: label: Directed by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Written by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Produced by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: Cora Green, American, born 1895
label: Subject of
content: Larry Seymour, American, 1917 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Hazel Diaz, American, 1908 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Alec Lovejoy, American, 1893 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Amanda Randolph, American, 1896 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Trixie Smith, American, 1900 - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Carman Newsome, 1912 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Nat Reed
label: Subject of
content: Sammy Gardiner
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Van Engle, American, 1910 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Doli Armena, American, 1902 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Columbus Jackson
label: Subject of
content: George Taylor
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Swing!. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: In the opening scene, the protagonist, Mandy Jenkins (Cora Green), is awakened by an alarm clock which reads 6 o’clock. Mandy snoozes the alarm and exclaims, “Oh, Lordy, why do they invent alarm clocks anyway,” before going back to sleep. She’s awakened a second time and as she dresses herself, her husband, Cornell (Larry Seymour), enters the bedroom. The rest of the film follows a love triangle between Mandy, who is a cook for a wealthy white family, her husband Cornell and his mistress Eloise (Hazel Diaz). The final scene shows Lena Powell (Dorothy Van Engle) threatening Cornell with physical harm if he breaks Mandy’s heart.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
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, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.20.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: feature films
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: 65 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1400 Feet