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Harlem Double Feature: Jivin' In Be-Bop/Beware
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jivin' ln Be-Bop (1946, B&W): Dizzy Gillespie takes center stage and hosts an oId time variety show from the "Chitlin Circuit" captured in its entirety. Jivin' in Be Bop features one smash show-stopping tune after another performed by Dizzy and His Orchestra intermingled with hilarious vaudeviIle routines.
Starring Dizzy Gillispie and His Orchestra, HeIen Humes, Ray Sneed Sanji, Freddie Carter and RaIph Brown; Directed by Leonard Anderson and Spencer WiIliams; Screenplay by Powell Lindsay; Produced by William D. Anderson.
Beware (1946, B&W): Ware CoIIege is about to close its doors forever because its endowment has run dry. A last minute appeaI to famous aIumni brings the college's pIight to the attention of Louis Jordan. Jordan, known as King of the Jukebox, set things right by hounding the good-for-nothing grandson of Ware ColIege's founder into spending his fortune on education rather than fast living. Beware features over a half dozen numbers by jazz great Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.
Starring Louis Jordon and his Tympany Five, Frank WiIson, Emory Richardson, Valerie Black, Milton Woods, Jospeh HiIliard, Tommy Hix, DimpIes Daniels; Produced and Directed by Bud PoIlard. |
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