SHORTS

A short film is usually between 5 minutes to 25 minutes long. Usually made to show between or before feature films in white theaters

	BST53   $5.00	AN ALL-COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW, 1935 - Adelaide Hall, The Nicholas Brothers, The Five Racketeers, Eunice Wilson, Cab Calloway.
	BST47  $4.50	BARBERSHOP BLUES, 1937 - Claude Hopkins Band, Four Step Brothers, Orlando Robinson.
	BST01   $4.50	BIPP BANG BOOGIE, 1944 - Ebony Trio and Alex Brown
	BST02  $4.50	BLACK AND TAN, 1929 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Freddie Washington, Alec Lovejoy, Cotton Club Chorus, Five Blazers, Hall Johnson Choir.
	BST03   $4.50	BLUES AND BOOGIE, 1945 - a short that contains 3 soundies "Some of These Days" Maxine Brown, "Beat Me Daddy" Maurice Rocco and "Is You is or Is You Ain't My Baby" Nat King Cole and Ida James
	BST54   $5.00	BLACK NETWORK, THE 1936 - Nina Mae McKinney, The Nicholas Brothers, Emett "Babe" Wallace, Amanda Randolph, Eddie Green, Thomas Chappelle, Washboard Serenaders.
	BST04   $4.50	BOOGIE WOOGIE DREAM, 1942 - Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson.and Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra
	BST05   $5.00	BROKEN EARTH. 1939 - Clarence Muse, Freida Shaw Choir.  Joshua a poor farmer with a dog and a son, works hard to care for his son. He visits his wife's grave and tells  her that Little Joshua, their son is going to get well.
	BST06   $4.50	BUBBLING OVER, 1934 - The comings and goings in a harlem tenement.  Starring Ethel Waters, Frank Wilson, Hamtree Harrington, Southernaires Quartet, William Edmondson.
	BST07   $4.50	BUNDLE OF BLUES, 1933 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Ivy Anderson. Among other numbers, Ivy Anderson sings an ellaborately staged version of "Stormy Weather" in this musical short.
	BST08   $4.50	CAB CALLOWAY'S JITTERBUG PARTY, 1935 -    More of Cab's special brand of musical zaniness in a Harlem nightclub. A load of cotton club hotcha, mostly orchestra numbers and some hi-de-ho singing led by Cab Calloway,
	BST09   $4.50	CALDONIA, 1945 - Louis Jordan, Nicki O'Daniel, Roxie Joynes, Richard Huey, Sam Sporty-O-Dee, Taylor and Harris, George Wiltshire, Three Sun Tan Girls,  Milton Woods.
	BST10   $7.00	DARKTOWN REVUE, THE  1931 - Oscar Micheaux production with Donald Heywood's choir, Tim Moore, Andrew Trible, Amon Davis.
	BST11   $4.50	DATE WITH DUKE, A 1946 - Duke Ellington plays his composition, "Perfume Suite," in this George Pal "puppetoon."
	BST59   $7.00	FIREMAN AT THE FOLLIES BERGERE', THE  1927 (NUDITY) Appearance by Josephine Baker. A fireman sees everyone naked in his mind.
	BST58   $10.00	FISH, 1916 - . In this picture Bert Williams goes fishing instead of chopping wood. He lands a ten pounder and, despite his efforts to sell the fish, is unsuccessful. The reel closes with Bert being led back to the woodpile.
	BST12   $5.00	FRAMING OF THE SHREW, THE 1929 - An obstreporous wife (Preer) is tamed and trained by her smaller but wily husband. Evelyn Preer, Spencer Williams, Roberta Hyson, Edward Thompson.
	BST144   $5.00	FUZZY WUZZY, 1942 - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Ruby Richards.
	BST13   $4.50	HARLEM HOT SHOTS, 1945 - Cora Harris, Leon Gross and his Orchestra, Stringbeans Jackson,& The Red Lilly Chorus,
	BST14   $4.50	HI-DE-HO, 1934 -  This short starts out with Cab and his band rehearsing on the train.  The porter is worried about his wife being home alone and asks Cab his advice. Cab suggest that he buy a radio to occupy his wife's time while he's away. He's very satisfied with the results, except he didn't realize that not only did the radio keep his wife occupied but so did Cab
	BST57   $4.50	HI-DE-HO, 1937 -   Cab Calloway and his band dramatizes his life more or less. First he is seen as a poor colored boy with hopes of being a great band leader, as his mammy listens in awe to his ambitious plans. He goes to a fortune teller, and she forecasts the highlights of his career, they are re-enacted in the picture. Finishes with the big climax as he conducts his present-day band in the grand manner at a nite spot
	BST16   $5.00	JAMMIN' THE BLUES, 1944 - Great jitterbug dancing and special effects. Harry Edison, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Marlowe Morris,John Simmons, Archie Savage, Joe Jones, Sid Catlett, Red Callender and his Orchestra, Marie Bryant, Barney Kessell.
	BST17   $4.50	JITTERING JITTERBUGS, 1943 - Hamtree Harrington, Lee Norman's Orchestra, Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers.
	BST52   $5.00	KING FOR A DAY, 1934 - Bill Robinson, Muriel Rahn, Hattie Noel, Dusty Fletcher, Babe Matthews, Ernest Whitman.
	BST18   $4.50	KILROY WAS / IS HERE, 1946 - A day in the life of a little black toddler
	BST48   $4.50	LUNCEFORD, JIMMIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA, 1936 - Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra, Three Brown Jacks, Myra Johnson.
	BST19   $5.00	MELANCHOLY DAME, 1929 - Spencer Williams. The story relates the troubles of "Permanent Williams," darktown cabaret owner, who is forced to hire his divorced wife and her new husband as entertainers.  His second wife doesn't  relish the fact, so, in the words of Cohen, "troubles is somethin' Permanent ain't got nothing else exceptin."
	BST15   $5.00	MIDNIGHT MENACE, 1946 (Hidden Menace) - Sybil Lewis, Lollypop Jones, George Wiltshire, James Dunsmore, Harold Coke, Leon Poke, Amust Austin, Jimmy Walker, Black Diamond Dollies.
	BST49   $4.50	MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND, 1933 - Mills' Blue Rhythm Band, Fredi Washington, Hamtree Harrington.
	BST20   $5.00	MURDER IN SWINGTIME, 1937 - Les Hite and his Orchestra, June Richmond, Ben (Shadrack) Carter, Zack Williams, James Adamson, Joe Baily, Jess Hurley, Charles Andrews, Rhythm Pals, guest: Mesdames Hattie Bailey, Henry Prince, Marvin Johnson, Luther "Soldier Boy" Gafford, Louis Cole, chorus: Lois Bright, Connie Harris, Rosalee Lincoln, Patsy Hunter, Milred Boud, Louise Robinson, Ethel Boyde, Catherine Atkinson .
	BST21   $5.00	MUSIC HATH HARM, 1929 - Spencer Williams. This film is about a scam where Spencer Williams, an orchestra leader is offered $500 to play two clarinet solos. Not knowing how to play the clarinet he hires a musician to play under the stage while he lip sinks the playing, except when he starts the musician plays a saxaphone instead.
	BST55   $8.00	NATURAL BORN GAMBLER, A 1916 - Bert Williams. The plot of this comedy is trivial, dealing with a poker game which is raided by the local police. The participants, all black, are hauled to court but all are released with the exception of Williams. While in jail he does his famous routine of playing poker with himself.
	BST22   $8.00	NAT "KING" COLE MUSICAL STORY, 1955 -   Details Cole's discovery and rise to fame. Includes "Sweet Lorraine," "Route 66," and "Straighten Up and Fly Right." Commentary by Jeff Chandler
	BST23   $4.50	NEGRO IN ENTERTAINMENT, THE 1950 - W.C. Handy, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Bill Robinson, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller.
	BST24   $4.50	NEGRO IN INDUSTRY,  THE 1952  Claude A. Barnett of the Associated Negro Press; Willard Townsend, President of the International Transport Service Employees Union; Horace Sudduth, President of the National Negro Business League; Hon. William Dawson, Congressman from Illinois.
	BST25   $4.50	NEGRO IN SPORTS, THE 1950 - A Chesterfield Cigarette produced short featuring many Black athletes of the period. Narrated by Jesse Owens; Bill Lund acts as host.
	BST26   $4.50	NEGRO SAILOR, THE 1945 - Joel Fluellen, Leigh Whipper, Monica Carter, Joan Douglas, Mildred Boyd, Louise Franklin.
	BST27   $4.50	NEGRO STEWARD, THE 1944 -
	BST28   $5.00	OFT IN THE SILLY NIGHT, 1929 - Romance blossoms between a black chauffeur and the boss's daughter. Spencer Williams, Evelyn Preer, Edward Thompson.
	BST63 $4.50	Ol' King Cotton, 1931  - George Dewey Washington, takes place on a river boat. 10min
	BST29   $4.50	OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD! 1947 - Dusty Fletcher in his famous drunken skit
	BST30   $4.50	PIE, PIE BLACKBIRD, 1932 - Nina Mae McKinney, Eubie Blake and his Band, Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard).
	BST57   $5.00	RATION BLUES, 1944 - Four shorts "Everyday is Saturday in Harlem" Hilda rogers, "I'm a Good Good Woman" Una Mae Carlisle" ,"Tap Happy" and "Ration Blues" Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
	BST31   $4.50	RED HOT HEAT, 1942 -
	BST50   $4.50	REDMAN, DON AND HIS ORCHESTRA, 1935-   With his aggregation of colored  band artist, set up against a jazzy setting, Don Redman serves a nice little dish of novelty musical entertainment.
	BST62 $4.50	Rhapsody in Black and Blue, A 1931 - Louis Armstrong 10 min.
	BST32   $4.50	RICHARD'S ANSWER, 1947 - Stepin Fetchit
	BST33   $4.50	RUFUS JONES FOR PRESIDENT, 1933 -   Ethel Waters, Hamtree Harrington, 7 yr. old Sammy Davis, Jr., Dusty Fletcher, Edgar Connor, The Will Vodery Girls, The Russell Wooding' Jubilee Singers.
	BST46   $5.00	SEPIA SIRENS, Late 40's - female acts, dancing, dancing with feathers, fans, etc. slight nudity
	BST60   $5.00	SEPIA SWINGS consist 3 soundies "The Skunk Song" Cab Calloway, "Rocco Blues" Maurice Rocco and "Got a Penny Benny" Nat King Cole
	BST34  $4.50	SPIRITUAL SING-A-LONGS, 1948  (HEAVENLY CHOIR) - following the bouncing ball to the words of these spirituals
	BST35   $4.50	SISSLE AND BLAKE, 1923  - Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake in a very early experimental talking short. The famous team performs "I'll Never Roam From My Swanee Home," "Affectionate Doll," and "All God's Children." 3.5 mins.
/TD>	BST36   $4.50	SLOW POKE, 1932 - Stepin Fetchit, Bunny and the Cotton Girls, Lethia Hill, Una Labek, Katherine Smith.
	BST37   $4.50	SMASH YOUR BAGGAGE, 1932 - Roy Eldridge, Dickie Wells, Small's Paradise Entertainers, Emett "Babe" Wallace, "Rubber Legs" Williams, Doris Rheubottom, Vic, Ace, and Danny, Dewey Brown..
	BST38   $5.00	SPYING THE SPY, 1918 - silent - Ebony Players ( Sam Robinson, Samuel "Sambo"  Jacks, Will Starks, Julia Mason, Bert Murphy, Evon Skekeeter, Mildred Price, Walter Brogsdale, Robert Duree, Frank Pollard, George Lewis Stock Company.)  , Yvonne Junior.
	BST39   $5.00	ST. LOUIS BLUES, 1929 - Bessie Smith (in her only film appearance) falls in love with an unfaithful man, who constanly takes her money and throws her down and generally treats her like dirt.
	BST64 $8.00	Sugar Chile Robinson, Count Basie & Billie Holiday, 1950 - this rare short was taken from an old 16mm film with a little flicker and a slight fuzz to the images. But very viewable and entertaining. Billie Holiday sings "God Bless the Child" & "Now Baby,or Never". Count Basie & Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson perform 2 number each. 17min.
	BST40   $4.50	SYMPHONY IN BLACK, 1935 - The Duke plays music in tune with scenes of Negro life, in four suites. A very young Billie Holiday croons the blues in one scene. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Earl " Snake hips" Tucker.
	BST51   $5.00	THAT'S THE SPIRIT, 1932 - Mantan Moreland and F. E. Miller are nightwatchmen easily terrorized by "ghostly" happenings. Cora La Redd and the Washboard Serenaders provide the song and dance numbers. Sissle and his band play "Tiger Rug" and "St. Louis Blues."
	BST41   $4.50	VANITIES, 1946 - Charles Keith as M.C. whose idol is Bette Davis. He does a masterful impersonation of her role in THE LETTER. Charles Keith, Joesfred Portee, Audrey Armstrong.
	BST45   $4.50	WOMAN'S A FOOL, 1947 - Jean LaRue, Alabama Blossom, Birdina Hackett, Billy Fuller, Hollywood Jitterbugs, Red Calhoun and his Royal Swing Band, Ida Cox.