Musical Review #11 [Louis Armstrong Soundie]

Genre: Soundie

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: A collection of the following short musical clips; Stereotypical Indians in full headdresses hide behind a shrub and wave each other over until three stand in a line; Stereotypical frontier settlers (women in bonnets men in raccoon hats) playing the banjo and dancing a square dance; Frontier man playing the banjo stops and looks alarmed -- freezes with his mouth open; Two women in bonnets freeze and cower in anticipation; Indians in headdresses inspecting a banjo; Three men and one woman looking at the camera with fear and expectation, man reassuringly puts his hand on the woman's arm; Indian playing a banjo with his foot propped on the knee of a frontier man; Saucy Chili" sign; A puppeteer; Close-up of a can-can girl puppet dancing; A range full of cows -- a cowboy on horseback among the cattle; A cloud covered sky; Two blond cowgirls look at a singing cowboy; A fiddler and a guitar player around the singing cowboy with on-lookers; A woman in a sequin gown sitting on a bench singing, band behind her-- a stand up bass, pianist, accordion and trumpet player fellows in suits; Under The Willow Tree (I'm gonna keep waiting for sweet Marie); I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You" Blues band routine, man singing to woman; Stage show vaudeville act -- four singing men, one in the costume of the "daughter; A dancing pair on stage, and a Big band, "By The Light Of The Moon; I Hear You Knocking But You Can't Come In" people gathered around a man singing behind a white Baby Grand Piano; PA-3143 ìMusical Review #11î; 00:00:07:81 - 00:09:05:63 B/W Sound 1940s; Musical Review #11 [Louis Armstrong Soundie] Miscellaneous; compilation of musical clips from 1940s "soundies". Excellent Louis; Armstrong clip. Other clips bizarre, corny pop vocal performances; of singing cowboys, dancing marionettes, man in farmer's daughter; drag. Most shots very campy.; 00:00:07:81 - 00:01:11:20 B/W Sound 1940s; Man in stereotypical American Indian costume w/ headdress pops up; from behind shrub & waves two other Indians over. Stereotypical; frontier settlers (women in bonnets, men in raccoon hats) sing; dance to the song "Camptown Races." Indian takes banjo from white; man. Settlers look on in fear. Indian inspects banjo carefully; begins to play fast solo to "O Susanna". Women smile & settlers; happily watch him play. Tremendous overacting, Humor.; 00:01:17:90 - 00:02:16:41 B/W Sound 1940s; Saucy Chili logo. Male puppeteer on stage platform controls female; marionette in Carmen Miranda costume w/ feathered headdress as she; dances on miniature ballroom set to a Latin rumba beat. Campy; Weird.; 00:02:21:53 - 00:03:19:51 B/W Sound 1940s; Music: partial clip of Western song. WS cattle grazing on ranch.; Rancher rides on horse through herd of cows. Cloud-covered sky. MS; singing cowboy Jerry Cooper performs sentimental song "Where the; Mountains Meet the Sky" on stage ranch set w/ fiddler, guitarist; two women in cowboy hats & Western clothes.; 00:03:25:59 - 00:04:35:15 B/W Sound 1940s; Pop vocal clip. Fade In: pop swing jazz combo w/ upright bass; guitar in dinner jackets playing on garden patio stage set. Female; singer in evening gown sits on bench to sing happy song - "Under; The Willow Tree.; 00:04:40:75 - 00:05:54:95 B/W Sound 1940s; WS Louis Armstrong & Orchestra perform on bandstand- musical clip-; I'll Be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal You)." Armstrong; wearing pinstriped suit, plays trumpet & sings joke-accusingly to; obese woman (probably Velma Middleton). Guitarist Lawrence Lucie; comforts her. She stands & begins to dance during his solo.; 00:05:59:30 - 00:07:04:15 B/W Sound 1940s; Western cabin stage set. Campy parody of 1890s-era MELODRAMA. Evil; mustachioed man sings in baritone to man in farmer costume & man in; little girl drag (bonnet, dress) as his daughter. Man / villain; clutches mortgage papers & sings threatening song. He tries to take; doll from man in girl drag & she hits him with it. Man in sheriff; costume joins them as they finish song. Song is "Little Nell.; Overacting.; 00:07:09:65 - 00:08:07:71 B/W Sound 1944; Couple dances (out-of-sync) on stage in front of department store; window set. Man very gay. OS music: woman (Liza Morrow) sings pop; vocal song. CAM cuts to singer Liza Morrow & band performing on; bandstand. Song is "Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her; Stocking)" played by George Paxton & his Orchestra. Drummer is Roy; Harte, and tenor sax solo is by Abraham "Boomie" Richmond.; 00:08:13:55 - 00:09:05:63 B/W Sound 1940s; Musical clip of singer Gene Austin plays white baby grand piano on; stage drugstore set. Young men & women sit at counter & join around; him for smooth pop song - "I Hear You Knockin' But You Can't Come; In." Audience knocks on counter & piano in time with their fists.