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Sidney Easton
Sidney Easton (October 2, 1885December 24, 1971) was an African-American actor, stage performer, playwright, composer, vocalist, and pianist. He worked as a performer in minstrel shows, carnivals, burlesque, and vaudeville. Starting in the 1930s he appeared in films. Biography Sidney Easton was born on October 2, 1885, in Savannah, Georgia. However some sources have his date of birth as 1886 or 1891. Easton was the eldest of six children, his parents were Eva and King Easton. In childhood, Easton went to work for the John Robinson Circus and later with the A.G. Allan Minstrel Show. He was married to performer Sarah Dooley from 1913 to 1920, ending in her death. Easton was a member of the Easton Trio. Many of his songs were recorded by various musicians in the 1920s including , Margaret Johnson, Martha Copeland, Fats Waller, Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, , Ethel Waters and the Ebony Four, George Bias, Stewart Wille, Virginia Liston, Clarence Williams and the Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Britain, British British America, colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities, fifth-largest city, with a 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's List of metropolitan areas in Georgia (U.S. state), third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798. Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) and the fourth largest in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing. The library has branches in the boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island and affiliations with academic and professional libraries in the New York metropolitan area. The city's other two boroughs, Brooklyn and Queens, are not served by the New York Public Library system, but rather by their respective borough library systems: the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library. The branch libraries are open to the general public and consist of circulating libraries. The New York Public Library also has four research libraries, which are also open to the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boarding House Blues
''Boarding House Blues'' is a 1948 American race film directed by Josh Binney which featured the first starring film role by Moms Mabley. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels for black Americans. Premise Mom (Moms Mabley) runs a boarding house for struggling entertainers,''On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy'' by Mel Watkins, Chicago Review Press, 1999. similar to the situation decades earlier when Mabley had lived in a boarding house for black entertainers in Buffalo, New York.''Icons of African American Comedy'' by Eddie Tafoya, ABC-CLIO, 2011, page 20. When the boarding house is threatened with closure and all the tenants evicted due to non-payments, everyone gets together to put on a show to raise the money needed to save Mom and their home. The plot functions as a showcase for performance and comedy sketches and in the end enough money is raised to fend off the landlord. Legacy The film was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Diller (1948 Film)
''Killer Diller'' is a 1948 American musical comedy race film directed by Josh Binney and released by All American. Academic and comedienne Eddie Tafoya wrote that "''Killer Diller'' is really more concerned with showcasing black talent appearing at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater than it is with providing audiences with a satisfying story." The movie features The Clark Brothers (tap dancers), Nat King Cole, Moms Mabley, Dusty Fletcher, Butterfly McQueen, the Andy Kirk Orchestra and the Four Congaroos (dancing the Lindy Hop). René J. Hall was the film’s arranger. Plot Dusty Fletcher plays a comic, tap dancer and bad magician. While practicing his routine for that evening's variety show, he accidentally vanishes Lola, the girlfriend of the show's manager, Baltimore Dumdone. She was wearing a thousand-dollar string of pearls and it seems most likely that criminality is afoot. Dusty's slapstick antics take up a large portion of the film's first act, with some Keystone Cops- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fight That Ghost
''Fight That Ghost'' is a 1946 feature horror comedy film. It is considered one of the earliest horror films with an all Black cast. It was directed by Sam Newfield. It was a Toddy Pictures Company release. Bill Dillard portrayed Jim Brown in the film. The film includes the songs "Take me" by Porter Grainger as well as "Hard Luck Blues" and "A Brown Skin Gal is the Best Gal After All" by John Murray. It was one of several films Newfield directed for Toddy including ''Harlem on the Prairie'', ''Mantan Messes Up'', and '' House-Rent Party''. Photo stills for the film exist. Cast * Pigmeat "Alamo" Markham as Pigmeat arkham* John "Rastus" Murray as Shorty *Percy Verwayne as Moneybags Jim * David Bethea as Mr. Cook * Alberta Pryne as Sweet Sue *Bill Dillard William Dillard (July 20, 1911 – January 16, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter, actor, and singer. Background Dillard was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played in bands led by Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Carter, L ... [...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] |
Murder On Lenox Avenue
''Murder on Lenox Avenue'' is a 1941 American race film directed by Arthur Dreifuss. Plot summary In 1941 Harlem, New York City, someone gets framed for a murder while Pa Wilkins tries to replace the apartment building's former manager. Cast *Mamie Smith as Hattie * Alec Lovejoy as Flivver Johnson * Norman Astwood as Mr. Marshall * Augustus Smith as Pa Wilkins * Alberta Perkins as Mercedes *Edna Mae Harris as Singer *Sidney Easton as Speed Simmons * Dene Larry as Ola Wilkins * Ernie Ransom as Jim Bracton * Earl Sydnor as Gregory *Herman Green as Lomax * George Williams as Montoute * Cristola Williams as Rosalia * Emily Santos as Emily * Flo Lee as Flo * Wahneta San as Wahneta Soundtrack * Alberta Perkins - "Hot Pies" (Written by Donald Heywood) * Wahneta San - "I'm Trying to Forget You" (Written by Donald Heywood) *Mamie Smith with Sidney Easton Sidney Easton (October 2, 1885December 24, 1971) was an African-American actor, stage performer, playwright, composer, vocalis ... [...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] |
Mateel Howe Farnham
Mateel Howe Farnham (1883, Atchison, Kansas — 1957, Norwalk, Connecticut , image_map = Fairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Norwalk highlighted.svg , mapsize = 230px , map_caption = Location in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County and ...) was an American novelist. The daughter of Edgar "E.W." Watson Howe and Clara L. (Frank) Howe, she wed Dwight T. Farnham (1881-1950) in 1910. Books *''Rebellion'', 1927 *''Marsh-fire'', 1928 *''Wild Beauty'', 1930 *''Battle Royal'', 1931 *''Lost Laughter'', 1933 *''Ex-Love'', 1937 *''The Tollivers'', 1944 Filmography *'' Wayward'', based on ''Wild Beauty'' References 1883 births 1957 deaths People from Atchison, Kansas {{US-novelist-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayward (film)
''Wayward'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Gladys Unger (with Lillian Day and Mateel Howe Farnham). The film stars Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Pauline Frederick, John Litel, and Margalo Gillmore. It was released on February 19, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Nancy Carroll as Daisy Frost *Richard Arlen as David Frost *Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Eleanor Frost *John Litel as Robert 'Bob' Daniels *Margalo Gillmore as Louisa Daniels *Burke Clarke as Uncle Judson *Dorothy Stickney as Hattie *Gertrude Michael as Mary Morton *Sidney Easton as George *Mae Questel Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in vaudeville, ... as Showgirl References External links * 1932 films American drama films 1932 drama films Paramount Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Collins
Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (9 April 1897 – 3 March 1956) was an Australian journalist and author of popular fiction. He is notable for a series of sea romances written in the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were adapted for motion pictures, including ''Rich and Strange'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which closely followed his novel of the same name. Early life He was born at Balmain, New South Wales, third son of Michael John Collins, an Irish doctor who had been a ship's surgeon in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and his English wife Esther, née Copeland.Sayers, Stuart (1981)Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (1897 – 1956)in Australian Dictionary of Biography online Collins's freelance career started at age 17 when his short story "The Riddle" was published in ''The Australasian'', followed by several others until he secured a position in the newsroom of '' The Herald'' (Melbourne) in 1922. In later life he lived in East Malvern, a suburb of Melbourne, and had two daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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