BLACK FILMS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PAPER PRINT COLLECTION ADVERTISING FLA 3774 GOOD DUST TWINS COMEDIES FLA 4695 THE BARNSTORMERS FLA 4519 A BUCKET OF CREAM ALE FLA 5026 EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER (Blackface) FLA 3647 THE GATER AND THE PICKANINNY FLA 3307 A HARD WASH FLA 3608 HOW CHARLIE LOST THE HEIRESS FLA 3663 A KISS IN THE DARK FLA 3194 LAUGHING BEN FLA 4725 THE MIS-DIRECTED KISS FLA 4428 NELLIE, THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSMAID FLA 5118 A NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE FLA 3820 POMPEY'S HONEY GIRL FLA 4394 THE SEERESS FLA 5706 THE SNOWMAN FLA 5725 THE SUBPOENA SERVER FLA 5741 THE THIRTEEN CLUB FLA 5780 UNDER THE OLD APPLE TREE FLA 3660 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TUNNEL FLA 5252 WHILE STROLLING IN THE PARK FLA 3146 WHO SAID CHICKEN? DRAMAS FLA 3445 THE AMERICAN SOLDIER IN LOVE AND WAR, NO. 3 FLA 5301 A CLOSE CALL FLA 5380 THE FEUD AND THE TURKEY FLA 5422 THE GUERRILLA FLA 5445 HIS TRUST FLA 5446 HIS TRUST FULFILLED FLA 5913 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (1903) FLA 5837 THE ZULU'S HEART DOCUMENTARIES AND NEWSREELS FLA 4301 COLORED TROOPS DISEMBARKING (Spanish-American War) FLA 5335 DIXON-CHESTER LEON CONTEST FLA 3021 DANCING DARKEY BOY FLA 5874 JACK JOHNSON VS. JIM FLYNN FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD, LAS VEGAS, N.M., JULY 4, 1912 FLA 4741 NATIVE WOMEN COALING A SHIP AND SCRAMBLING FOR MONEY FLA 4742 NATIVE WOMAN COALING A SHIP AT ST. THOMAS, D.W.I. FLA 3635 NATIVE WOMAN WASHING A NEGRO BABY IN NASSAU, B.I. FLA 3651 NATIVE WOMAN WASHING CLOTHES AT ST. VINCENT. D.W.I. FLA 5919-21 PAUL J. RAINEY'S AFRICAN HUNT FLA 4856 A SCRAP IN BLACK AND WHITE FLA 4925 25TH INFANTRY FLA 4940 A WATERMELON CONTEST FLA 4943 WEST INDIAN BOYS DIVING FOR MONEY FLA 3379 WEST INDIAN GIRLS IN NATIVE DANCE FLA 3607 WHARF SCENES AND NATIVES SWIMMING AT ST. THOMAS, D.W.I. FLA 4756 9TH U.S. CAVALRY WATERING HORSES (Spanish-American War) PEEP SHOWS FLA 3381 CAKE WALK VAUDEVILLE ACTS FLA 3391 COMEDY CAKE WALK BLACK FILMS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Title Shelflist Number [ABBIE MITCHELL] (ca. 1925) FEB 4076 Director: Lee DeForest Cast: Abbie Mitchell AFRICA SPEAKS (1930) FEA 4763-4768 Documentary narrated by Paul Robeson 40 min. (inc.) ALL COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW, AN (1935) FEA 4770 Director: Ray Mack 11 min. Cast: Adelaide Hall, The Nicholas Brothers, The Five Racketeers, Eunice Wilson ALL GOD'S STEP CHILDREN ALL THIS AND RABBIT STEW (1941) AMERICAN DOCUMENTS. BLACK SHADOWS ON A SILVER SCREEN (19 ART IN AMERICA, PT. 4: BLACK ARTISTS OF THE U.S.A. missing BASIN STREET REVUE (1955) FGC 7520-7523 Director: Joseph Kohn 58 min. Cast: Acts from the Harlem Variety Revue and the Apollo Theater BEALE STREET MAMA (1946?) FDA 3665 Director: Spencer Williams 60 min. Cast: July Jones, Spencer Williams Rosalie Larrimore, Joyce McElrath BERNIE CASEY: BLACK ARTIST (1970) FBB 2849 20 min. BESSIE SMITH AND FRIENDS, 1929-1941 (1983) BEWARE! (1946) FEA 7578-7583 Director: Bud Pollard 54 min. Cast: Frank Wilson, Emory Richardson Valerie Black, Louis Jordan [BIG TIMERS] (194-) FEA 3694-3697 Director: Bud Pollard 28 min. Cast: Moms Mabley BIPP BANG BOOGIE (193-) FEA 8525 Director: Sam Elljay 8 min. Cast: The Ebony Trio, Lena Horne, Teddy Wilson BIRTH OF A RACE (1918) FDA 4741 or Director: John W. Noble FEB 3368-3373 59 min. BIRTHRIGHT (1928) BLACK ACHIEVEMENTS IN AMERICA (series) RICHARD HUNT--SCULPTOR (1970) FAA 8269 14 min. mag. trk. BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL (1972) FAB 186 BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA (1970) PT. 1 FBB 0182 or Director: Oakley N. Holmes, Jr. FBA 7289 20 min. BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA (1971) PT. 2 FCA 7260 Director: Oakley N. Holmes, Jr. 41 min. BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA (1973) PT. 3: FCA 7268 AN INTRODUCTION TO SEVEN INTERNATIONALLY 34 min. RECOGNIZED BLACK VISUAL ARTISTS Director: Oakley N. Holmes, Jr. BLACK ARTISTS IN AMERICA (1975) PT. 4 FCA 7836 Director: Oakley N. Holmes, Jr. 44 min. THE BLACK ATHLETE (JAMES MICHENER'S WORLD) (1980) FDA 7251 Director: Bud Greenspan 59 min. Narrator: James A. Michener BLACK BELT JONES (1974) FGD 127-131 Director: Robert Clouse 85 min. Cast: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry BLACK CAESAR (1973) FGD 2379-2383 THE BLACK COMMUNITY LOOKS AT INDUSTRY (1968) FCA 5730 34 min. THE BLACK CONTRIBUTION (series) ORIGINS, NO. 1 MUSIC, NO. 2 (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FBB 5898 21 min. DANCE, NO. 3 (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FBB 5899 14 min. LITERATURE & THEATRE, NO. 4 ART, NO. 5 LEADERSHIP, NO. 6 BLACK DESIRE (1982) VAA 4715 Director: Lawrence T. Cole 60 min. BLACK EAGLE SQUADRON. Alt. tit.: TUSKEGEE VBC 0126 AIRMEN AND BLACK PILOTS, 332 FIGHTER GROUP 50 min. AND 477TH BOMBER GROUP. (1983) Director: Charlie Bray BLACK GIRL (1972) FGD 4759-4763 Director: Ossie Davis 91 min. Cast: Brock Peters, Claudia McNeil THE BLACK NETWORK (A BROADWAY BREVITY, 1936) FAB 1795-1796 Director: Roy Mack Cast: Nina Mae McKinney, The Nicholas Brothers BLACK SHERLOCK HOLMES, A (1918) FEA 6622 Director: R.G. Phillips 12 min. Cast: Sam Robinson, Rudolph Tatum, George Lewis, Evon Junior, Sam Jacks BLACK THEATRE MOVEMENT - A RAISIN IN THE SUN FDA 6788-6790 TO THE PRESENT [1978] Director/Producer/Writer: Woodie King, Jr. BLACK HISTORY: LOST STOLEN OR STRAYED see: OF BLACK AMERICA SERIES BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL AND SMART (1982) VAA 0952 Director: John S. Richardson BLACK JESUS see: GOOD TIMES. BLACK JESUS BLACK KENNEDYS see: FOR YOU...BLACK WOMAN, EPISODE NO. 12: THE BLACK KENNEDYS BLACK LIKE ME (1964) FCB 0476-0478 Director: Carl Lerner 107 min. Cast: James Whitmore BLACK MALE IN AMERICA--SURVIVAL FOR THE FUTURE VBB 6815 Director: Tony Hawkins 30 min. BLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA (1973) FGD 1355-1359 BLACK MEN AND IRON HORSES (1969) FBA 9555 Director: William Buckley 18 min. Narrator: Valentine Pringle BLACK MUSIC IN AMERICA: FROM THEN TIL NOW (1971) FBB 3198 29 min. BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SLAVE SOUTH, 1850 (1971) FAA 9624 10 min. BLACK RODEO (1972) FGC 7392 88 min. BLACK ROOTS IN AFRICA (1978) FBB 8281 Director: John Simons 16 min. BLACK SAMPSON (1974) FGC 8069-8073 95 min. BLACK SAMUARI (1976) FGD 5411-5414 Director: Al Adamson 70 min. Cast: Jim Kelly Bill Roy BLACK SHADOWS ON A SILVER SCREEN see: AMERICAN DOCUMENTS. BLACK SHADOWS ON A SILVER SCREEN BLACK SHAMPOO (1975) FGD 1588-1592 BLACK TOM EXPLOSION see: THIS WAS YESTERDAY BLACK VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA see: CBS NEWS SPECIAL: A BLACK VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA BLACK, WHITE AND MARRIED (198?) VBB 6821 59 min. BLACK WOMEN'S ROLE IN SOCIETY AND MARRIAGE see: FOR YOU...BLACK WOMAN, EPISODE NO. 5 THE BLACK WOMEN'S ROLE IN SOCIETY AND MARRIAGE BLACKENSTEIN: THE BLACK FRANKENSTEIN (1972) FGC 8625-8629 Director: William A. Levey 80 min. Cast: John Hart, Ivory Stone BLACULA (1972) FGC 7804-7808 Director: Cast: BLOOD OF JESUS, THE (1942) FBB 3888-3889 Director: R.G. Phillips 56 min. Cast: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardleman BOARDING HOUSE BLUES (1948) FEA 6071-6075 Director: John Binney FEA 4685 Cast: Dusty Fletcher, Moms Mabley 47 min. BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES (1948) VBF 4597 Director: 17 Min. Cast: Hadda Brooks BOY WHAT A GIRL (1946) FRA 5597-5598 Director: Arthur Leonard (Arch Positive) Cast: Duke Williams, Sheila Guyse, Warren Patterson BROKEN STRINGS (1940) FEA 8221-8226 Director: Bernard B. Ray 60 min. Cast: Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, William Washington, Pete Webster BROKEN EARTH (193? or 194?) VBF 4596 Director: Roman Freulich 17 min. Cast: BRONZE VENUS See: THE DUKE IS TOPS BUBBLING OVER (1934) FBB 2379 Director: Leigh Jason 19 min. Cast: Ethel Waters BY RIGHT OF BIRTH [fragments] (1921) FAB 156 Cast: Clarence Brooke, Anita Thompson 23 min. BY-LINE NEWSREEL. NO. 1 VBF 4604 Director: Bill Alexander 17 min. BY-LINE NEWSREEL (195?) VBF 4605 Director: Bill Alexander 17 min. BY-LINE NEWSREEL. NO. 3 VBF 4606 Director: Bill Alexander 17 min. BY-LINE NEWSREEL. NO. 4 (195?) VBF 4607 17 min. CBS REPORTS: BLACKS IN AMERICA: WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED. PT. 1 & PT. 2 CHICAGO AFTER DARK (1946) FEA 4864-4866 Director: Josh Binney 23 min. Cast: Lollipop Jones, Allen McMillen, Edgar Lewis Morton, James Dunsmore COLORED AMERICAN CAVALCADE: [CAVALCADE No. 6] [CAC NEWS] FEB 4817 Cast: Hattie McDaniel and Louise Beavers COLORED QUARTET AND PIANO (n.d.) FAA 7732 No Production Information COMEBACK OF BARNACLE BILL (1918) FEA 6570 Cast: Evon Junior, Sam Robinson, 11 min. Sam Jacks DANCE IN BLACK AMERICA See: GREAT PERFORMANCES #1113: DANCE IN BLACK AMERICA DARK AND CLOUDY (1919) FEA 3152 Cast: Lillian Biron, George Ovey 9 min. (inc.) DARK MANHATTAN (1937) FCA 6890-6891 Director: Harry Fraser 69 min. DARKTOWN REVUE, THE (1931) FGE 2350 Cast: Donald Heywood Choir, Tim Moore, 18 min. Andrew Trible, Amon Davis DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM U.S.A. (1946) FEA 4952-4957 Director: Spencer Williams 59 min. Cast: Francine Everette, Don Wilson, Kathrine Moore, Spencer Williams DOUBLE DEAL (1939) FDA 2548 Director: Arthur Dreifuss 59 min. Cast: Monte Hawley, Jeni Le Gon, Eddie Thompson, Florence O'Brien EDDIE GREEN AND COMPANY, SENDING A WIRE (1929) VBE 8158 20 min. ELEVEN P.M. (1928) FDA 2151 Director: Richard D. Maurice 56 min. Cast: H. Marion Williams, Sammie Fields Leo Pope, Richard D. Maurice EMPEROR JONES, THE (1933) FCA 6017-6018 Director: Dudley Murphy 72 min. Cast: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson ESCAPADES OF ESTELLE (1916) FEA 3306 Animated Cartoon 3 min. Director: Harry Palmer [EUBIE BLAKE AT THE PIANO] (192-) FEA 5456 or Director: Lee DeForest FAB 1823 Cast: Eubie Blake 6 min. EXILE, THE (1931) FBB 3489-3491 Director: Oscar Micheaux 75 min. Cast: Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Nora Newsome, Carl Mahon FLYING ACE, THE (1926) FGE 4385-4387 Cast: Steve Reynolds, Boise DeLegge George Colvin, Sam Jordan GIRL FROMO CHICAGO, THE (1932) FCA 7276-7277 Director: Oscar Micheaux 71 min. Cast: Carl Mahon, Star Calloway, Grace Smith GIRL IN ROOM 20, THE (194-) FEA 6087, Director: Spencer Williams FEA 8415-8419 Cast: July Jones, Spencer Williams, 61 min. Geraldine Brock GO DOWN, DEATH! (1944) FBA 8623-8624 Director: Spencer Williams 54 min. Cast: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston HARLEM BIG SHOT (194-) FCA 8235-8236 Director: Bud Pollard 70 min. Cast: A.B. Comethiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell, Dan Michaels HARLEM HOT SHOTS (1945) FEA 7332 Cast: Leon Gross & his Orchestra, Cora 9 min. Harris, The Red Lilly Chorus HARLEM IS HEAVEN (1932) FEA 9804-9807 Cast: Bill Robinson, Jimmy Baskett, Anise 32 min. (inc.) Boyer, Herni Wressell, Alma Smith Eubie Blake and his Orchestra HARLEM MERRY-GO-ROUND (c.1955) FBB 9813 Director: Joseph Kohn 27 min. HARLEM RIDES THE RANGE (1939) FCA 8104-8105 Director: Richard C. Kahn 54 min. (inc.) Cast: Herbert Jeffrey, Lucius Brooks, F.E. Miller, Artie Young, Clarence Brooks HARLEM VARIETY REVIEW (c.1955) FCA 9814 Director: Joseph Kohn HAZEL GREEN AND COMPANY, FOREMOST FEMALE FEB 4764 DIRECTOR AND SINGER (Vitaphone, No. 2112) (1928) 10 min. Director: Bryan Foy HI DE HO (1947) FCA 5722-5723 Director: Josh Binney 77 min. Cast: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Ida James, Dusty Fletcher, Jeni Le Gon HI DE HO (Trailer) FEA 8781 2 min. IT HAPPENED IN HARLEM (1945) FEA 6003-6005 Director: Bud Pollard 25 min. Cast: Slick and Slack, Phil Gomez, Dotty Rhodes, Juanita Pitts JAZZ FESTIVAL [short version] (1955) FGC 7497-7498 Director: Joseph Kohn 34 min. Cast: Mantan Moreland, Nipsy Russell, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Sarah Vaughan JIVIN' IN BE-BOP (1947) FGC 3203-3205 or Director: Leonard Anderson FCA 7072-7073 58 min. THE JOINT IS JUMPING (1948) FEA 7586-7589 Director: Josh Binney 38 min. (inc.) Cast: John Mason, Charles Ray, J. Patric Patterson, Mattie Weaver JUKE JOINT (1947) FEA 4181 Director: Spencer Williams 68 min. Cast: Spencer Williams, July Jones, Inez Newell JUNCTION 88 (194-) FEA 4202-4209 Cast: Bob Howard, Pigmeat Markham 49 min. Wyatt Clark KILLER DILLER (1948) FGC 2380-2383 Director: Josh Binney 73 min. Cast: Beverly White, Moms Mabley, Butterfly McQueen, Dusty Fletcher, The King Cole Trio LOOK OUT SISTER (1946?) FEA 4211-4217 Cast: Louis Jordan, Susette Harbin 63 min. LOW DOWN: A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF HARLEM (1929) FEB 4706 Cast: Monette Moore, Gertie Chambers, 8 min. Mary Burnes, Washboard Serenaders LYING LIPS (1939) FCA 8237-8238 Director: Oscar Micheaux 72 min. Cast: Edna Mae Harris, Carmen Newsome Earl Jones, Frances Williams MERCY THE MUMMY MUMBLED (1918) FEA 6621 Director: R.G. Phillips 11 min. MIDNIGHT SHADOW (1939) FEA 4259-4264 Director: George Randol 52 min. Cast: Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates, Ollie Ann Roninson MILLER AND LYLES, HARLEM KNIGHTS (1929) VBE 8335 20 min. MILLER AND LYLES, HARLEM MANIA (1929) VBE 8161 10 min. MIRACLE IN HARLEM (1948) FCA 3030-3032 or Director: Jack Kemp FEB 1275-1282 Cast: Sheila Guyse, Hilda Offley, 72 min. William Greaves, Stepin Fetchit MISTAKEN IDENTITY (193-) FDA 3303 Director: George P. Quigley & Arthur Leonard 55 min. Cast: Nelle Hill, George Oliver, Bill Dillard Ruth Cobbs MR. ADAM'S BOMB (1949) FEA 4378-4379 Director: Eddie Green 20 min. Cast: Gene Ware, Eddie Green MOON OVER HARLEM (1939) FCA 6892-6893 Director: Edgar G. Ulmer 68 min. MURDER ON LENOX AVENUE (1941) FCA 8213-8214 Director: Arthur Dreifuss 65 min. Cast: Alberta Parkins, Sidney Easton, Alex Lovejoy MURDER WITH MUSIC (ca. 1940) FEA 5461, Director: George P. Quigley FEA 6060-6064 Cast: Bob Howard, Milton J. Williams, Nelle 57 min. Hill, Noble Sissle and Orchestra MYSTERY IN SWING (1940) FCA 5720-5721 Director: Arthur Dreifuss 75 min. Cast: Monte Rawley, Marguerite Whitten, Linda Carrol, Buck Woods, F.E. Miller A NIGHT IN DIXIE (1926) FEA 4050 silent Cast: Abbie Mitchell FEA 4180 sound NORMAN THOMAS QUINTETTE, HARLEM MANIA (1929) VBE 8161 20 min. NOTORIOUS ELINOR LEE, THE (1940) FBB 3896-3899 Director: Oscar Micheaux 72 min. Cast: Gladys Williams, Carman Newsome, Edna Mae Harris, Robert Earl Jones OF ONE BLOOD (n.d.) FEA 4671-4677 Director: Spencer Williams, Jr. 61 min. Cast: Spencer Williams, Jr., Geraldine Maynard PARADISE IN HARLEM (1939) FEA 4301-4306 Director: Joseph Seiden 60 min. Cast: Frank Wilson, Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris PICTORIAL VIEW OF IDLEWILD, MICHIGAN (1927) FEB 4120-4122 or Documentary FBB 7022 20 min. QUEEN OF THE BOOGIE (1947) FEA 8674 Cast: Hadda Brooks 9 min. RECKLESS ROVER, A (1918) FEA 6620 Director: N.C. David 10 min. Cast: Sam Robinson REET PETITE AND GONE (ca. 1947) FEA 5450, Director: William Forest 7348-7353 Cast: Louis Jordan, June Richmond 68 min. REVIVAL DAY (Vitaphone no. 3679) VBE 8336 Cast: Slim Timblin 10 min. RHYTHM AND BLUES REVIEW [short version] (1955) FGC 7512-7515 Director: Joseph Kohn 71 min. Cast: Acts from the Harlem Variety Revue at the Apollo Theater RHYTHM IN HARLEM (1955) FCB 0231 Director: Joseph Kohn 31 min. ROCK `N' ROLL REVUE (1955) FGC 7499-7502 Director: Joseph Kohn 68 min. Cast: Acts from the Harlem Variety Revue at the Apollo Theater ROMANCE ON THE BEAT (1945) FEA 8317-8320 Director: Bud Pollard 31 min. Cast: Ida James, Lord Randall, Lionel Monagas, Tiny Dickerson, Dotty Rhodes [SAMBO AND JEMIMA, COMEDIANS] (1900) FLA 435 No production information 30 sec. SCAR OF SHAME (1926) FEA 3461-3466 Cast: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, (inc.) Ann Kennedy, Norman Johnstone SEPIA CINDERELLA (1947) FEA 7342-7347 Director: Arthur Leonard 49 min. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Sheila Guyse, Billy Daniel Tondelayo SHAKE IT UP (Vitaphone no. 854) VBE 8159 Cast: Eddie Moran, Beth Challis 10 min. Six Cheerful Steppers SISSLE AND BLAKE (1925?) FEA 5455 Director: Lee DeForest 6 min. Cast: Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake SOULS OF SIN (1949?) FGC 2388-2390 Director: Powell Lindsay 63 min. Cast: Savannah Churchill, Jimmy Wright Billie Allen SPIRIT OF YOUTH, THE (1937) FEA 6453-6459 Director: Harry Fraser 65 min. (inc.) Cast: Edna Mae Harris, Mae Turner, Cleo Desmond, Joe Louis SPORTS CAVALCADE (194-) FEA 6069-6070 Documentary 19 min. SPYING THE SPY (1918) FEA 6757 Cast: Sam Robinson? 12 min. (inc.) STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN (ca. 1938) FBB 3884-3885 Director: Norman Leonard 52 min. Cast: Nina Mae McKinney, Jackie Ward, Jack Carter SWING! (ca. 1936) FCA 7712-7713 Director: Oscar Micheaux 68 min. Cast: Cora Green, Hazel Diaz Carmen Newsome, Dorothy van Engle TALL, TAN AND TERRIFIC (1946) FCA 0706 Director: Bud Pollard 42 min. Cast: Mantan Moreland, Monte Hawley, Francine Evrette, Milton Wood TEN MINUTES TO LIVE (1932) FDA 2120 Director: Oscar Micheaux 57 min. Cast: Lawrence Chenault, Willor Lee Guilford, William Clayton, Jr. TWO GUN MAN FRO HARLEM (1938) FBB 6105-6106 Director: Richard C. Kahn 55 min. (inc.) Cast: Herbert Jeffrey, Margaret Whitten, Mantan Moreland, Spencer Williams, Jr. TWO KNIGHTS OF VAUDEVILLE (ca. 1916) FEB 6837 Production information unknown UNDERWORLD (1936) FCA 9584-9585 Director: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, "Slick" Chester, Ethel Moses, Oscar Polk [UNIDENTIFIED TAYLER NO. 8: THE BEAUTIFUL FEA 8625 DAVIS AND HER THREE LITTLE NEGROES Production information unknown WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD, MUSIC MAKERS VBE 8155 20 min. WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD, MY PEOPLE (1929) VBE 8156-8157 ? WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD IN A THEATER MANAGER'S VBE 8160 OFFICE (1927) 20 min. YAMEKRAW (1930) FEB 6957 Composer: James P. Johnson Cast: Jimmy Mordecai, Margaret Simms, Marianni's Mediterreans, Murray Roth, Louise Cook BLACK FILMS IN THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE COLLECTION NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Title...................................Holdings BEWARE [Trailer] (1946) 1 reel, 35mm safety, duplicate negative, sound track BOARDING HOUSE BLUES [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm nitrate BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES (1948) 1 reel, 35mm safety, fine grain master positive BIRTHRIGHT (1948) 1 reel, 35mm nitrate BOY, WHAT A GIRL (1946) 7 reels on 2, 16mm safety, archival positive BY-LINE NEWSREEL (1956) 1 reel, 35mm safety, archival positive HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm nitrate JAZZ FESTIVAL [Long vers.] (1955) 7 reels, 35mm, safety, archival positive JOINT IS JUMPING [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm duplicate negative KILLER DILLER [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm safety, duplicate negative [LILLIE CARROLL JACKSON FILM] 1 reel, 16mm safety, archival positive MURDER IN SWINGTIME (1937) 1 reel, 35mm nitrate NEGRO IN ENTERTAINMENT, THE (1940) 1 reel, 35mm safety, archival positive RHYTHM AND BLUES REVIEW [Long vers.] 10 reels, 35mm safety, archival positive ROCKIN' THE BLUES (1955) 7 reels, 35mm safety, archival positive SWING [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm nitrate TEMPLE BELLES 1 reel, 35mm duplicate negative TEMPTATION [Trailer] 1 reel, 35mm nitrate THAT MAN OF MINE (194-) 7 reels on 3, 16mm safety, duplicate negative, negative track and archival positive WHEN GOOD LUCK COMES OUR WAY (1917) 2 reels, 35mm nitrate ************************************************************************** PARTIAL LIST OF BLACK FILMS IN THE COPYRIGHT COLLECTION ************************************************************************** AMERICAN DOCUMENTS: Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) FDA 2780 Documentary BEALE STREET REVUE (1955) FBB 9706 Director: Joseph Kohn Cast: Cab Calloway, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Bailey BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1971) FGC 4838-4843 Director: Sidney Poitier Cast: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee CLAUDINE (1974) FGC 8897-8901 Director: John Berry Cast: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones COME BACK, CHARLESTON BLUE (1972) FGC 7591-7595 Director: Mark Warren Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques COTTON COMES TO HARLEM (1970) FGC 3845-3849 Director: Ossie Davis Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques DOWNBEAT REVUE (1955) FBB 9706 Director: Joseph Kohn Cast: Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington JAMMIN THE BLUES (1944) FAA 5532 or Cast: Lester Young, Red Callender, FEA 8094 Harry Edison, Joe Jones, Marlowe Morris, Sidney Cattlett, Barney Kessel, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage JAZZ HOOFER, THE: THE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BABY LAURENCE (1981) Documentary FEA 8926 Director: Bill Hancock LIONEL HAMPTON AND HERB JEFFRIES (1955) FEA 773-774 Cast: Lionel Hampton, Herb Jeffries, Loray, White, the Hamptones, Vicky Lee RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961) FGB 6104-6110 Director: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claude McHeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands STARS OVER HARLEM (1955) FBB 9888 Director: Joseph Kohn Cast: Count Basie, Joe Turner, Delta Rhythm Boys SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (1971) FGC 7062-7066 Director: Melvin van Peebles Cast: Melvin van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Rhetta Hughes WIZ, THE (1978) FGD 4913-4920 Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsy Russell, Mabel King, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor ****** Last Update (efm/rjt) 10/28/93 *******