Clip of Benny Goodman Orchestra performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" on Hollywood Hotel
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Directed by
content: Busby Berkeley, American, 1895 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman Orchestra, American
label: Subject of
content: Teddy Wilson, American, 1912 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Lionel Hampton, American, 1908 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Gene Krupa, American, 1909 - 1973
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm motion picture film with a clip of The Benny Goodman Orchestra performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" on the musical comedy Hollywood Hotel. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with Gene Krupa playing the drum as the camera slowly pans outwards to reveal The Benny Goodman Orchestra performing on a stage. Later in the clip, the camera focuses on specific instrumentalists from the Benny Goodman Quartet: Gene Krupa can be seen playing the drums, Benny Goodman is seen with the clarinet, Lionel Hampton playing the vibraphone and Teddy Wilson on the piano.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
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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: 2015.275.22.1a
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
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:05:40
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 200 ft