Film clips from Artistry in Rhythm
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Directed by
content: Lewis Collins, American, 1899 - 1954
label: Subject of
content: The Tailor Maids, American, founded 1950
label: Subject of
content: Gene Howard, American, 1920 - 1993
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm motion picture film with performances by The Tailor Maids and Gene Howard in the film Artistry in Rhythm. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white,16 mm acetate film with bilateral variable-density optical sound. It opens with two women holding a banner that reads [SIBONEY / BY / THE TAILOR / MAIDS]. The picture then quickly cuts to The Tailor Maids singing the song "Siboney." Stan Kenton and His Orchestra can be seen performing in the background. At the end of their performance, the women with the banner return with a new banner that reads [SHE'S / FUNNY / THAT / WAY / BY / GENE HOWARD]. Immediately after, singer Gene Howard walks unto the stage and sings "She's Funny That Way."
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: Singers (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: 2015.275.14.1a
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: © Universal Pictures
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): 00:04:30
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 200 ft