My Father the Song and Dance Man
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An historical account of the story of Arthur L. Ball, the song and dance man, told through archival photographs, newspaper clippings, posters, and performance programs set to an early jazz and vaudeville soundtrack.
Credits
May Pietz (director); Jack Behrend (cinematographer); Gordon Weisenborn (contributor)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1975
Cfa collection: Jack Behrend Collection
Subjects: Vaudeville; Dance; Performances
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: Archival photos of people and houses from beginning of 20th Century vaudeville performers, theater performances, musicians. Set to musical accompaniment - early jazz and vaudeville tunes.; Posters for Orpheum Theater in Gary, Ind., Four Acts of High Class Vaudeville: Arthur Ball and Elinor Marshall; Central Park Orchestra; Flying Orchestra Aces of Jazz; Carnival of the Sky-National Aviation Popularity Contest; Barbershop quartet “Four Troubadours”
Cfa elements: Print, 270 feet; Answer Print, 300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3430; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3688
Cfa collection: Jack Behrend Collection
Subjects: Vaudeville; Dance; Performances
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: Archival photos of people and houses from beginning of 20th Century vaudeville performers, theater performances, musicians. Set to musical accompaniment - early jazz and vaudeville tunes.; Posters for Orpheum Theater in Gary, Ind., Four Acts of High Class Vaudeville: Arthur Ball and Elinor Marshall; Central Park Orchestra; Flying Orchestra Aces of Jazz; Carnival of the Sky-National Aviation Popularity Contest; Barbershop quartet “Four Troubadours”
Cfa elements: Print, 270 feet; Answer Print, 300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3430; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3688
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:05