Film clip of "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" from Sweet and Lowdown
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Directed by
content: Archie Mayo, American, 1891 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: James Cardwell, American, 1921 - 1954
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm motion picture film of The Benny Goodman Quartet performing "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" in the 1944 musical film Sweet and Lowdown. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-density optical sound. The footage opens with Johnny Birch (James Cardwell) and a woman seated at a dinner table. Johnny asks her to join him for a jam session after their drink, to which she responds that she “doesn't do late dates.” In the next scene, Benny Goodman can be seen playing the tune to "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" with his clarinet while three other band members play the drum, bass guitar and piano. At the end of their performance, Johnny, who is seated in the audience with a female companion, attempts to join the band onstage by playing the trumpet, however, Benny gestures that he shouldn't. Johnny swiftly walks off the stage and exits the venue with his companion in tow.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical 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: 2015.275.24.1a
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): 00:04:38
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 250 ft