Film clip from The Powers Girl
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Directed by
content: Norman Z. McLeod, American, 1898 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman Orchestra, American
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A film clip of the opening scene from a musical comedy with the title The Powers Girl. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-density optical sound. The footage opens with a sign on the screen that reads [STATE FAIR GROUNDS / TO DAY / FINAL JUDGING - FANCY BRED HOGS]. A second sign appears on the screen that reads [SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION / BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS BAND / FEATURING DENNIS DAY / ONE DAY ONLY….RAIN OR SHINE]. Next, members of The Benny Goodman orchestra are seen performing on stage as Goodman himself plays the clarinet. The camera slowly pans away from the stage to reveal audience members dancing in the rain. At one point, a woman slides across the field and is helped up by Jerry Hendricks (George Murphy). Jerry Hendricks sends his companion, "Charlie" to the stage, where he introduces himself to Benny Goodman.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: 2015.275.31.1a
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): 00:04:30
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 175 ft