Film clip of "Sheik of Araby" from Tin Pan Alley
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Directed by
content: Walter Lang, American, 1896 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Alice Faye, American, 1915 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Betty Grable, American, 1916 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Billy Gilbert, American, 1894 - 1971
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A film clip with a performance of "Sheik of Araby" from the film Tin Pan Alley. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with several women dancing on stage. Their routine terminates with them sitting around a man (Billy Gilbert) underneath a canopy. Shortly afterwards, two veiled women (Alice Faye and Betty Grabble) enter the stage dancing as they sing the jazz song "Sheik of Araby." Billy Gilbert then joins the women's performance and the trio sing and dance on the stage. The audience applauds at the end of their performance.
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)
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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: 2015.275.29.1a
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 (digitial file): 00:03:03
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 160 ft