The African American cinema II: The scar of shame (1923) and Sissle and Blake (1926)
- Resource Type:
- VHS Video
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, 1993
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- Summary:
- Sissle and Blake : a short filmed in Lee De Forest's New York studio with his sound-on-film process in 1923, four years before Hollywood began to experiment with sound. Pianist Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle perform their jazz composition "Affectionate Dan" and a jazzed-up spiritual.
Scar of shame: In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert painist and a poor, lower class black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community. This was the first film of the Colored Players Film Corp. of Philadelphia. - Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- System Details:
- VHS.
- Performers:
- Scar of shame: Harry Henderson, Lucia Lynn Moses, Norman John Stone, Ann Kennedy, William E. Pettus. Sissle and Blake: Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake.
- Production Credits:
- Scar of shame: Producer, Sherman H. Dudley, Jr.; director, Frank Perugini ; story by David Starkman. Sissle and Blake: Producer, Lee De Forest. Piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli ; series producer, Scott Simmon.
- General Notes:
- "The library of Congress and Smithsonian Video present"--Container.
"The following films have been preserved by The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center from the best surviving material."
Opens with 3 minute early sound short titled: Sissle and Blake, also known as Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake.
The scar of shame is a rare silent film with new piano score added.
Videocassette release of the 1923 and 1926 motion pictures. - Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (80 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
- Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
- Call Numbers:
- MV 3056
- ISBNs:
- 1560984783
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1052984393
31640773 [Invalid]