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Wild women don\u0027t have the blues

Title
Wild women don\u0027t have the blues / produced by Calliope Film Resources, Inc. ; produced by Carol Doyle Van Valkenburgh, Christine Dall ; directed by Christine Dall.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1989], ©1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Van Valkenburg, Carol Doyle.
  • Dall, Christine.
  • Burrows, Vinie
  • Taylor, Koko.
  • Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939
  • Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
  • Cox, Ida, 1889-1967
  • Hunter, Alberta
  • Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
  • Calliope Film Resources, Inc., associated name. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/asn
  • California Newsreel (Firm), associated name. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/asn
  • California Newsreel (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Shows how the economic and social transformation of African-American life early in the century gave birth to the blues. Captures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and others.
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Cinematography, Steven Ascher; edited by Jeanne Jordan.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
LCCN
89714865
OCLC
  • ocm20721440
  • SCSB-3596751
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries