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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' In Be-Bop (1946, B&W): Dizzy GilIespie takes center stage and hosts an old 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 intermingIed with hilarious vaudeville routines.
Starring Dizzy GilIispie and His Orchestra, Helen Humes, Ray Sneed Sanji, Freddie Carter and Ralph Brown; Directed by Leonard Anderson and Spencer WilIiams; ScreenpIay by PowelI Lindsay; Produced by William D. Anderson.
Beware (1946, B&W): Ware CoIIege is about to cIose its doors forever because its endowment has run dry. A Iast minute appeaI to famous aIumni brings the colIege's plight 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 College'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, MiIton Woods, Jospeh HiIIiard, Tommy Hix, Dimples Daniels; Produced and Directed by Bud PoIlard. |
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