Film clips from Stage Door Canteen
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Directed by
content: Frank Borzage, American, 1893 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Peggy Lee, American, 1920 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Lon McCallister, American, 1923 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Marjorie Riordan, American, 1921 - 1984
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A motion picture film strip with scenes from the feature film Stage Door Canteen. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with a group of people surrounding a man who speaks into a microphone. The man introduces Benny Goodman and the audience applauds before Goodman begins playing his clarinet. Shortly after, jazz singer Peggy Lee joins Benny Goodman and his orchestra on stage; the group performs the jazz song "Why Don't You Do Right." Immediately after their performance, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra perform another tune, "Bugle Call Rag." Members of the audience dance to this second performance.
place: label: Place depicted
content: 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
label: Place filmed
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 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: 2015.275.21.1a
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): 00:05:12
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 280 ft