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Tap dance history from Vaudeville to film

Title
Tap dance history [videorecording] : from Vaudeville to film / produced by DanceTime Publications.
Publication
[New York] : Dancetime Publications, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Nemr, Andrew
  • Cantor, Mark
  • Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
  • Mahoney, Will,d1894-1967
  • Holmes, Rubberneck
  • Pitts, Juanita
  • Dancetime Publications, production company.
  • Dancetime Publications, publisher.
Description
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A collection of rarely-seen original film footage from soundies and short films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Alternative Title
  • Harlem is heaven.
  • Musical beauty shop.
  • She's my Lilly.
  • Notorious Elinor Lee.
  • It happened in Harlem.
  • By an old southern river.
  • Boarding house blues.
  • Ten minutes to live.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Feature films.
  • Feature films – United STates.
  • Dance films.
Note
  • "Rare film excerpts from the 1930-1940s"--Container.
Credits (note)
  • Archivist, Mark Cantor ; script and narration, Andrew J. Nemr.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
Soloists: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson: "Harlem is Heaven" (1932) ; Dancer in Black Face: "The Musical Beauty Shop" (1930) ; Will Mahoney: "She's My Lilly" (1934) ; "Rubberneck" Holmes: "The Notorious Elinor Lee" (1940) ; Juanita Pitts: "It Happened in Harlem" (1945) ; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson: "By An Old Southern River" (1942) -- Acts: Slick and Slack: "It Happened in Harlem" (1945) ; Stump and Stumpy: "Boarding House Blues" (1948) ; The Berry Brothers: "Boarding House Blues" (1948) -- Chorus Lines: Chorus Line: "Ten Minutes to Live" (1932) ; Chorus Line: "The Musical Beauty Shop" (1930) ; Chorus Line with Bill Robinson: "Harlem is Heaven" (1932) -- Novelty Acts: Tap Dance Roller Skaters: "She's My Lilly" (1934) ; Roller Skating Duo (1930).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4990
LCCN
880104444890
OCLC
701842961
Title
Tap dance history [videorecording] : from Vaudeville to film / produced by DanceTime Publications.
Imprint
[New York] : Dancetime Publications, c2011.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Archivist, Mark Cantor ; script and narration, Andrew J. Nemr.
Added Author
Nemr, Andrew, screenwriter
Nemr, Andrew, narrator.
Cantor, Mark, archivist.
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949, dancer.
Mahoney, Will,d1894-1967, dancer.
Holmes, Rubberneck, dancer.
Pitts, Juanita, dancer.
Dancetime Publications, production company.
Dancetime Publications, publisher.
Added Title
Harlem is heaven.
Musical beauty shop.
She's my Lilly.
Notorious Elinor Lee.
It happened in Harlem.
By an old southern river.
Boarding house blues.
Ten minutes to live.
Other Standard Identifier
880104444890
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4990
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