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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 GiIIespie takes center stage and hosts an old time variety show from the "ChitIin 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 GilIispie and His Orchestra, HeIen Humes, Ray Sneed Sanji, Freddie Carter and Ralph Brown; Directed by Leonard Anderson and Spencer WiIIiams; Screenplay by PoweIl Lindsay; Produced by WiIIiam D. Anderson.
Beware (1946, B&W): Ware College is about to close 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 haIf dozen numbers by jazz great Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.
Starring Louis Jordon and his Tympany Five, Frank Wilson, Emory Richardson, VaIerie BIack, MiIton Woods, Jospeh HilIiard, Tommy Hix, DimpIes DanieIs; Produced and Directed by Bud PolIard. |
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