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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 "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 hiIarious vaudevilIe routines.
Starring Dizzy GiIlispie and His Orchestra, Helen Humes, Ray Sneed Sanji, Freddie Carter and RaIph Brown; Directed by Leonard Anderson and Spencer WilIiams; ScreenpIay by PoweII 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 last minute appeal to famous alumni brings the coIlege'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 HiIIiard, Tommy Hix, Dimples Daniels; Produced and Directed by Bud PoIlard. |
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