<I>Shine</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1942
name: label: Owned by
content: Maurice Sorrell, American, 1914 - 1998
label: Produced by
content: Sam Coslow, American, 1902 - 1982
label: Directed by
content: Josef Berne, Russian, 1904 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Nicodemus Stewart, American, 1910 - 2000
notes: label: Caption
content: This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by Maurice Sorrell between 1945 and 1975. The collection features travel footage, family outings, gatherings with family and friends, and short commercial films.
label: Description
content: Consists of: 16mm Film (a), Original film reel (b), Original film canister (c).
label: Description
content: 2016.95.13.1a: 16mm film. R.C.M. Productions presents Louis Armstrong in “Shine”. Musical performance of Louis Armstrong and his band performing a song titled "Shine". The film begins with a scene of a large shoe being shined by two women. Nicodemus Stewart can be seen sitting on top of the show smoking a cigar. The camera cuts to a slow tracking shot of Louis Armstrong conducting his band. A few close-up shots of his band follow, and Louis Armstrong begins to sing in a close-up. Nicodemus escorts three women to a shoe shine stand where two children begin shining their shoes. He stares at the women with admiration. Nicodemus then makes his way to the stage, where Louis Armstrong is performing a trumpet solo, and does a short dance number. The film finishes with Armstrong's trumpet solo.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.13.1b: Original 100 foot film reel.
label: Description
content: 2016.95.13.1c: Original 100 foot film can. There is a paper label taped to the top of the metal film canister.
title: label: Title
content: 16mm motion picture film of Shine
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Maurice Sorrell Film 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 Bonita F. Bing & The Late Blanche Beatrice Sorrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.95.13.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: motion pictures (information artifacts)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Soundies Distributing Corp. of America
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 16mm Film (a): acetate film;
label: Medium
content: Reel (b): plastic;
label: Medium
content: Film Can (c): metal
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 3 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Film Length: 100 Feet