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It Happened In Harlem
''It Happened in Harlem'' is an American musical comedy film directed by Bud Pollard and starring Chris Columbus, Phil Gomez, and Nicky O'Daniel. The film was partly shot at Smalls Paradise and released in 1945. The film includes performances by various musical acts including Dotty Rhodes and "Pitter-Patter" Pitts (Juanita Pitts). Rhodes was a dancer at the Cotton Club. Pitts was a female tap dancer who dressed and danced like a man. The 30-minute film relies on a thin plot to showcase various performers. Stills and advertising for the film survive. Plot A very popular singer is drawing large crowds to his Smalls Paradise performances when he receives his draft notice. Ed Smalls then begins the task of auditioning someone to replace him. A somewhat unknown young singer with a loyal following tries to audition for the job but is not considered. One of his very loyal fans goes to Smalls to convince the owner to give the young man a chance. Cast *Christopher Columbus * Phil G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Gomez
Phillip Kinteros Gomez (August 24, 1917 – August 14, 1992) was an American musician who played the clarinet. He appeared in the 1945 film ''It Happened in Harlem''. Gomez served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His record lists Sonny Dunham as his employer at the time. Gomez served He recorded with Muggsy Spanier and his Jazz Band in 1954. He also recorded the song "Quiet Village" as Phil Gomez and his Jazzbos on the album ''Dixieland Mambo''. He also recorded as part of Kid Ory's band and is with him in a 30-minute 1956 film from France. According to AllMusic, he led Phil Gomez's Swinging Kings and brought a Mexican influence to his music. According to IMDb, he plays in Ory's band in the 1956 film, ''The Benny Goodman Story''. Gomez was born in Mazatlan, Mexico in August 1917, though this is erroneously given in some places as 1919 or 1924. In 1961 he was living in Los Angeles, California. Also in 1961, he copyrighted "Dixieland Cha Cha Cha", "Mucho Mambo", and "New Orl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Pollard
Bud Pollard (born John Evelyn Godson; May 12, 1895 – December 17, 1952) was a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor. Pollard is known for such films as '' It Happened in Harlem'', '' The Black King'', '' Tall, Tan, and Terrific'', '' Victims of Persecution'' and '' The Road to Hollywood''. References External links * American film directors American film producers American male film actors 1886 births 1952 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American screenwriters Canadian emigrants to the United States {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Woods
Milton Woods was an actor. He was in several films. In 1946, ''Newsweek'' described him as the "colored Basil Rathbone". In 1951, ''Jet'' reported that he directed of the American Negro Repertory Theater, touring the country in a trailer. Filmography *'' It Happened in Harlem'' (1945) as Billy Bond *''Big Timers'' (1945) *'' Beware'' (1946) as Benjamin Ware III *''Reet, Petite, and Gone'' (1947) as Sam Adams *''Boy! What a Girl!'' (1947) as Jealous Lover *''The Fight Never Ends'' (1948) *''I'll Give My Life ''I'll Give My Life'' is a 1960 American film directed by William F. Claxton. The film is also known as ''The Unfinished Task'' in the United States. Plot John Bradford expects his son Jim to join his engineering firm, but Jim instead joins ...'' (1960) as Kopa, Medical Orderly References African-American actors 20th-century American actors Year of birth missing {{US-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Musical Comedy Films
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Harlem
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Films
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisational style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Musical Comedy Films
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Prussia. * January 16 – WWII: Adolf Hitler takes residence in the '' Führerbunker'' in Berlin. * January 17 ** WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Films
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1945 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 26 – The film ''National Velvet'', starring Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp and Anne Revere, is released nationally in the United States. The film is an instant critical and commercial success, propelling 12-year-old Taylor to stardom and earning Revere the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. * January 30 – Restricted release of '' Kolberg'', an historical epic which is one of the last Nazi Germany propaganda pieces, in war-torn Berlin. Given its cast of 187,000, probably fewer people view it than appear in it. * April 20 – Release of ''Son of Lassie'', the 2nd Lassie film and the first film ever to be filmed using the Technicolor Monobook method, where a single magazine of film is used to record all of the primary colors. Prior to this method, the most popular reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wiltshire
George Wiltshire (also known as George Wilshire, born October 21, 1901 - died December 4, 1976) was an American character actor He appeared on stage, film, and television. He was perhaps best known for portraying Ed Smalls, the proprietor of famed Harlem nightclub Smalls Paradise, the 1945 film '' It Happened in Harlem''. Filmography *'' Keep Punching'' (1939) as Jack Hemingway *'' It Happened in Harlem'' (1945) as Ed Smalls *''Caldonia'' (1945) as George, a creditor *'' Midnight Menace'' (1946) *''Fight That Ghost'' (1946) as Lawyer Smith *'' Hi De Ho'' (1947) as Boss Mason *'' Killer Diller'' (1948) as Mortimer Dumdone *'' Junction 88'' (1948) as Rev. Juniper *'' A French Peep Show'' (1950) *'' Sweet Love, Bitter'' (1967) as George Wilshire TV series *''N.Y.P.D.'' (1968) as Mr Daggett (in "Which side are you on?") *'' Grady'' (mini series, 1975) as Elroy Pitt (in "Be it ever so humble") *''Sanford and Son ''Sanford and Son'' is an American sitcom television series that ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotty Rhodes
Dottie or Dotty is a feminine given name or nickname (most often a short form of Dorothy) which may refer to: People * Dottie Alexander (born 1972), keyboardist for of Montreal, an American indie pop band * Dotty Attie (born 1938), American painter and printmaker * Dottie Wiltse Collins (1923–2008), American pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Dottie Green (1921–1992), American player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Dottie Hunter (1916–2005), Canadian player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Dotty Lynch (1945–2014), American academic, journalist and political pollster * Dotty Mack, star of the 1950s American variety television series ''The Dotty Mack Show'' * Dottie Martin (born 1937), First Lady of North Carolina * Dottie Peoples (born 1950), American gospel singer * Dottie Pepper (born 1965), American golfer (as Dottie Mochrie) and television golf broadcaster * Dottie Rambo (1934–2008), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita Pitts
Juanita Pitts was an African-American tap dancer. During performances, she was known to wear a tuxedo and Oxford shoes, which was common attire for male tap dancers at the time. However, during her life she "danced in relative obscurity". Pitts was from Philadelphia and performed on stage and in clubs as a headliner, mainly in the 1930s and 1940s. She danced an act titled "Pitts and Pitts" and performed with her husband, Leroy, until he became ill. Pitts wore men's suits while performing, including a white three-piece suit, and she "had a style of close-to-the-floor rhythm tapping". In 1945, she appeared in the short film ''It Happened in Harlem'', credited on movie posters as "Pitter-Patter" Pitts. Her dancing career continued on into the mid-1950s, and she performed at the Howard Theatre in the 1950s as well as at smaller clubs and the Apollo in New York City. ''The Village Voice'' stated that after tap dancer Louise Madison, Pitts was "the best among the female rhythm tappers" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American News
All-American News was a film production company in the U.S. bringing war propaganda newsreels and entertainment films to African American audiences. Emmanuel M. Glucksman was a film industry veteran who produced All-American News films for African American audiences. He was paired with young African American filmmaker William D. Alexander, who worked on the newsreel production team, narrated, and did interviews, and Claude Barnett, an experienced journalist who also helped produce the films. Josh Binney directed some of the films. The Library of Congress has a collection of All-American newsreels and films. Filmography *''The Negro Sailor'' (1945) *'' It Happened in Harlem'' (1945) *''Chicago After Dark'' (1946), "a stream-lined feature" *''Lucky Gamblers'' (1946) *'' Midnight Menace'' (1946) *''Boarding House Blues'' (1948) *''Killer Diller (1948 film)'' (1948) *''The Joint is Jumping ''The Joint is Jumping'' is a musical comedy film from 1949. A "race film" with an African Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
