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Jack Goldberg
Jack Goldberg was a vaudeville performer who became a producer of films for African American audiences. He ran Hollywood Pictures Corporation in New York City and produced at least two dozen films. His brother Bert Goldberg ran Harlemwood Pictures in Dallas, Texas. Goldberg was white. He married Mamie Smith. He was a supervising producer of the 1932 film ''Harlem is Heaven''. He produced the 1939 film ''Paradise in Harlem'' starring Mamie Smith, his wife. He founded Herald Pictures in 1946. A ''New York Times'' reviewer characterized his 1944 film ''We've Come a Long, Long Way'' as a rambling testimonial. Filmography *''Harlem is Heaven'' (1932), supervising producer *''Gig and Saddle'' (also known as ''Scandal of 1933'') (1933) *''Paradise in Harlem (1939) *''Sunday Sinners'' (1940) *''We've Come a Long, Long Way'' (1944) *''Boy! What A Girl!'' (1947), the first of 11 Herald Pictures films *''Miracle in Harlem'' (1948) References Vaudeville performers {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, ventriloquists, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, clowns, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and movies. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Willie "The Lion" Smith (no relation) described the background of that recording in his autobiography, ''Music on My Mind'' (1964). Early life Robinson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1891. The year of her birth has previously been given as 1883, but in 2018, researcher John Jeremiah Sullivan discovered her birth certificate stating she was born in Cincinnati in 1891. When she was around 10 years old, she found work touring with a white act, the Four Dancing Mitchells. As a teenager, she danced in Salem Tutt Whitney's ''Smart Set''. In 1913, she left the Tutt Brothers to sing in clubs in Harlem and married William "Smitty" Smith, a singer. Musical career On February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise In Harlem
''Paradise in Harlem'' is a 1939 American musical comedy-drama film written by Frank H. Wilson and directed by Joseph Seiden. It was first shown in 1939 starring Frank H. Wilson. It was released by Jubilee Production Co. Premise An actor sees a mob execution and is run out of town by the aforesaid mob members. Cast * Frank H. Wilson as Lem Anderson *Mamie Smith as Madame Mamie * Norman Astwood as Rough Jackson *Edna Mae Harris as Doll Davis * Merritt Smith as Ned Avery * Francine Everett as Desdemona Jones *Sidney Easton as Sneeze Ancrum * Babe Matthews as Laura Lou *Lionel Monagas as Matt Gilson * Madeline Belt as Acme Delight *Herman Green as Ganaway *Percy Verwayen as Spanish *George Williams as Runt * Alec Lovejoy as Misery *Lucky Millinder as Himself - Bandleader *Juanita Hall as Singer in Audience Soundtrack * Lucky Millinder with band & chorus - "I Gotta Put You Down" (Written by Lucky Millinder) * Mamie Smith - "Lord, I Love that Man" * Edna Mae Harris and Lucky M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We've Come A Long, Long Way
A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds. In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations and initialisms (including acronyms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in layman’s terms. Contraction is also distinguished from morphological clipping, where beginnings and endings are omitted. The definition overlaps with the term portmanteau (a linguistic ''blend''), but a distinction can be made between a portmanteau and a contraction by noting that contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as ''do'' and ''not'', whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept that the portmanteau describes. English English has a number of contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gig And Saddle
''Scandal of 1933'', also known as ''Gig and Saddle'' and ''Scandal'', is an American film featuring musical performances. The 60-minute feature film includes performances of songs written by Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Akst, Roger Graham, Dave Peyton, Spencer Williams, Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra, and Putney Dandridge. Jack Goldberg produced it and featured an all-African American cast. A poster for the film advertises it as a musical jamboree. Further reading Jazz on Screen by David Meeker References {{Reflist 1933 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Sinners
''Sunday Sinners'' is a 1940 drama, comedy, musical and religious race film directed by and co-produced by Arthur Dreifuss and Jack Goldberg starring his wife Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris and Earl Sydnor. Plot The Club Harlem is jointly owned by Gene and Corrine Aiken who disagree on the matter of the Club being open on Sunday. Rev. Jesse Hampton is receiving pressure from his parishioners to demand the club be closed on Sunday. Other plots include a protection racket pressuring Gene Aiken, two con men attempting to cheat a Chinese laundryman, and the son of the Reverend getting a job at the Club Harlem. Cast * Norman Astwood as Gene Aiken *Edna Mae Harris as Corrine Aiken * Earl Sydnor as Reverend Jesse Hampton *Mamie Smith Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy! What A Girl!
''Boy! What a Girl!'' is a 1947 race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard and starring Tim Moore, with guest appearances by the Brown Dots, Slam Stewart, Sid Catlett and Gene Krupa. Plot Would-be theatrical producer Jim Walton (Elwood Smith) is planning a new show that will feature bandleader Slam Stewart and the comic female impersonator Bumpsie (Tim Moore). Mr. Cummings, the wealthy father of Jim’s girlfriend Cristola, has agreed to finance half of the show if the famous Parisian impresario Madame Deborah will provide the second half of the funding. When word arrives that Madame Deborah’s arrival from France has been delayed, Bumpsie is brought in to keep Mr. Cummings occupied. Mr. Cummings, however, is unaware that Bumpsie is a man in drag and he falls in love with him. The real Madame Deborah unexpectedly arrives early and passes herself off as Mrs. Martin. Two other would-be suitors, impressed with Madame Deborah’s wealth, begin to pursue Bumpsie. A fundraising party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle In Harlem
''Miracle in Harlem'' is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by Jack Kemp, and starred an all African American cast. It has been considered one of the best all-black independent films of the 1940s. Plot A businessman fakes his own death, for business reasons. A young woman is suspected of killing the business magnate who swindled her out of her family run candy business. Cast * Sheila Guyse as Julie Weston * Hilda Offley as Aunt Hattie * William Greaves as Bert Hallam * Creighton Thompson as Reverend Jackson * Lawrence Criner as Albert Marshall (father) * Sybil Lewis as Alice Adams * Kenneth Freeman as Jim Marshall (son) * Jack Carter as Phillip Manley * Milton Williams as Mr. Wilkinson * Monte Hawley as Lieutenant Renard * Alfred "Slick" Chester as Detective Tracy (as Alfred Chester) * Ruble Blakey as Detective Foley * Stepin Fetchit as Swifty the Handyman Specialties acts (as featured on the soundtrack) * Creighton Thompson as Singer, 'A Preaching Song' * Sav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville Performers
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatre, theatrical genre of variety show, variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian era, Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, animal training, trained animals, Magic (illusion), magicians, Ventriloquism, ventriloquists, Strongman (strength athlete), strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobatics, acrobats, clowns, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
