1941--Mississippi waterfront--Wiseman--home movies

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Scotty Wiseman

Description:

This film features the Wiseman family and footage of the Mississippi waterfront. Includes Linda roller skating, the Wisemans and an unidentified woman walking out of a large two-story house, the "J. B. Smith" and other boats on the Mississippi river, and a brief city street scene.

Western North Carolina’s Scotty Wiseman (November 8, 1908–January 31, 1981) and Myrtle Eleanor “Lulu Belle” Wiseman (December 24, 1913–February 8, 1999) were a notable husband and wife Country music duo of the radio era. They achieved their greatest and most enduring musical success with their song Have I Told You Lately that I Love You? The duo’s popularity reached its height in the 1930s-mid 1940s, when they were stars on WLS-AM’s National Barn Dance, broadcast from Chicago, IL. In addition to appearing on the National Barn Dance show and its touring circuit, the duo was featured in seven Hollywood films, primarily for Republic Pictures. The 1938 film Shine On, Harvest Moon featured the Wisemans along with an up-and-coming Roy Rogers. Feeling as though their time in the spotlight had run its course, the Wisemans chose to retire from show business and return to their native western North Carolina in 1958.The 25 home movie reels in the collection cover a diverse range of activities dating from the duo’s heyday in the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, with the bulk of the films concentrated between approximately 1938 and 1941. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/

Complete Record: This film features the Wiseman family and footage of the Mississippi waterfront. Includes Linda roller skating, the Wisemans and an unidentified woman walking out of a large two-story house, the "J. B. Smith" and other boats on the Mississippi river, and a brief city street scene. Western North Carolina’s Scotty Wiseman (November 8, 1908–January 31, 1981) and Myrtle Eleanor “Lulu Belle” Wiseman (December 24, 1913–February 8, 1999) were a notable husband and wife Country music duo of the radio era. They achieved their greatest and most enduring musical success with their song Have I Told You Lately that I Love You? The duo’s popularity reached its height in the 1930s-mid 1940s, when they were stars on WLS-AM’s National Barn Dance, broadcast from Chicago, IL. In addition to appearing on the National Barn Dance show and its touring circuit, the duo was featured in seven Hollywood films, primarily for Republic Pictures. The 1938 film Shine On, Harvest Moon featured the Wisemans along with an up-and-coming Roy Rogers. Feeling as though their time in the spotlight had run its course, the Wisemans chose to retire from show business and return to their native western North Carolina in 1958.The 25 home movie reels in the collection cover a diverse range of activities dating from the duo’s heyday in the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, with the bulk of the films concentrated between approximately 1938 and 1941. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/