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Film, Video Eubie Blake plays his Fantasy on Swanee River Title from MI Film and Television catalog card: Eubie Blake at the piano

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Title

  • Eubie Blake plays his Fantasy on Swanee River

Other Title

  • Title from MI Film and Television catalog card: Eubie Blake at the piano

Summary

  • Eubie Blake at the piano plays his Fantasy on Swanee River in two different styles in one of the first appearances of a Black artist in a sound film.

Names

  • De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, film producer
  • Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983, performer
  • De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, production company

Created / Published

  • [United States : De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, 1923]

Headings

  • -  Piano music (Jazz)
  • -  African American composers
  • -  Jazz musicians

Genre

  • Filmed performances
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Performer: Eubie Blake.
  • -  Parts of summary from Jazz on film and video in the Library of Congress.
  • -  Sources used: MI Film and Television catalog card; Meeker, D. Jazz on the screen, a jazz and blues filmography, viewed September 1, 2023 via the Library of Congress WWW site; Clear, R. Jazz on film and video in the Library of Congress, p. 35, viewed online September 1, 2023 via Google Books; Koszarski, R. Hollywood on the Hudson: film and television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff, p. 251, viewed online September 6, 2023 via Google Books; Sunday star (Washington, D.C.), viewed online September 6, 2023 via America's Historical Newspapers.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (6 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • AFI/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600418

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

De Forest, Lee, Film Producer. Eubie Blake plays his Fantasy on Swanee River. performeds by Blake, Eubie, produceds by De Forest Phonofilm Corporationuction Company [United States: De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, 1923] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600418/.

APA citation style:

De Forest, L. (1923) Eubie Blake plays his Fantasy on Swanee River. Blake, E., performer, De Forest Phonofilm Corporationuction Company, prod [United States: De Forest Phonofilm Corporation] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600418/.

MLA citation style:

De Forest, Lee, Film Producer. Eubie Blake plays his Fantasy on Swanee River. performer by Blake, Eubie, prod by De Forest Phonofilm Corporationuction Company [United States: De Forest Phonofilm Corporation, 1923] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600418/>.