<I>Junction 88</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Directed by
content: George P. Quigley, American
label: Written by
content: Augustus Julius Smith, American, 1891 - 1964
label: Produced by
content: Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Bob Howard, American, 1906 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Dewey Markham, American, 1904 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Noble Sissle, American, 1889 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Wyatt Clark
label: Subject of
content: Marie Cooke, American, 1921 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Abbie Mitchell, American, 1884 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Artie Belle McGinty, American, 1892 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: George Wiltshire, American, 1901 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Herbert Junior
label: Subject of
content: Alonzo Bozan, American, 1886 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Maude Simmons, American, 1893 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Al Young
label: Subject of
content: Augustus Julius Smith, American, 1891 - 1964
label: Recorded by
content: Nobel Sissle and His Orchestra, American
notes: label: Description
content: A feature film with the title Junction 88. There are two prints (2015.167.11.1ab) and (2015.167.11.2ab), both of which are black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: It opens with two individuals sitting on steps in front of a house. The man, Pop (Augustus Smith), says, “Music is just like sugar, Mom, too much of it makes you sick,” to which the woman, Mom (Abbey Mitchell), responds, “Not me, Pop, I love it.” As they speak, music from a piano can be heard in the background. In the next scene, Buster Jenkins (Wyatt Clark), a young pianist, plays a tune for his lover Lolly Simpson (Marie Cooke). At the end of his performance, Buster tells her, “Please, Lolly, don’t tell anyone I wrote it.” Lolly responds with “If you say not to, I won’t; but I want to.” The two stand and embrace each other with a kiss. The rest of the film chronicles Buster’s struggles for success and his attempt to win Pop’s approval.
place: label: Place filmed
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.11
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 50 min.