1940s SWING ERA JAZZ SHORTS GLENN MILLER BING CROSBY DUKE ELLINGTON GENE KRUPA JCXD13944

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This collection of short films presents musical artists in 1930’s to the mid to late 1940’s during the Swing Era. It includes live performances as well as segments from various films, and the 1940s music videos known colloquially as "soundies". It features Glenn Miller in England during 1944, the East Side Kids, Amos Wilburn and Bing Crosby among others. It opens with a US Army film of Glenn Miller and various military bands performing in Wycombe Abbey in England in 1944 as the Second World War was taking place. An expanse of servicemen, including the US 8th Army Air Force, open the segment (:09). Glenn Miller introduces the show pointing to the involvement of the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra as well as a group from Philadelphia (:27). Miller announces band leaders including Sergeant George Arkner (:40), the saxophone section head, Sergeant Hank Freeman (:47) as well as Sergeant Trigger Alpert (1:14). As the brass band finishes its number, a singing quintet joins onstage and performs ‘What Do You Do in the Infantry’ (1:57). After the singers take their seats (3:05), the brass section begins performing. A solo singing performance follows (3:25). The next segment features Jimmy Noone and his band performing in the East Side Kid’s feature film called ‘Block Busters’ from 1944. It opens with the main characters, Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall (4:12) peering out from under a curtain and crawling forward to enter a masquerade. After putting on masks, they enter to view a couple dancing in the center of the room and Jimmy Noone and his band playing excerpts from ‘Apex Blues’ and ‘Boogie Woogie’ (5:37). The film switches to a segment of ‘Rehearsal’ presented by Astor Pictures Corp featuring Fred Astaire (7:27). Fred Astaire and a female lead are seen pausing to watch an orchestra rehearse (7:45). A close up shot of Fred Astaire and the woman is seen at (9:28). The next segment features a film with Satan as a judge viewing musical performers to deliver their sentences (11:33). The Duke Ellington jazz orchestra is up next, with Johnny Hodges on saxophone (12:09). Amos Milburn and the Paul Williams orchestra performs ‘Bad, Bad, Whiskey’ (14:25). This was performed in 1954 during a variety series called Show Time at the Apollo. The next segment is from ‘D.O.A.’ a crime/noir film made in 1950 starring Edmond O’Brien. The film was directed by Rudolph Mate and produced by Harry Popkin Productions. It features The Fisherman Jazz Band (18:02). Edmund O’Brien and Pamela Britton (18:36) are seen in the crowd at the jazz club. The pair is continuously bumped (20:16) until Edmund O’Brien’s character steps up from the table and moves to the bar for a bourbon and water (20:33). Edith Dick (20:43) and Bobby Hackett and his band (21:23) are seen performing in the ‘Saturday Night Swing Club’ series from 1938. A close up shot of Bobby Hackett is seen at (22:14). Paul Douglas introduces each performer (23:12). Bing Crosby and Bebe Daniels are seen singing and performing ‘When the Folks High up do the Mean Low Down’ originally written by Irving Berlin (23:58). This is an excerpt from ‘Reaching for the Moon’ produced in 1930. Ada Leonard and her all female orchestra performs in a segment presented by Snader Telescriptions (26:46) in 1943. Official Films presents the final short produced by Minoco Productions Inc. (28:54). Gene Krupa and his orchestra are seen performing ‘Thanks for the Boogie Ride’ (29:26). This performance features Anita O’Day and Roy Eldridge (30:59) in the Panther Room in Chicago in the early 1940’s.

Alton Glenn Miller was an American trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands. In just four years Glenn Miller scored 16 number-one records and 69 top ten hits—more than Elvis Presley and the Beatles did in their careers. While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.

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