The scar of shame : with De Forest phono film Sissle and Blake ; series producer, Scott Simpson.
1st work: In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite th...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Library of Congress,
[1993]
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| Series: | African American cinema ;
2. Library of Congress video collection ; 5. |
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| Summary: | 1st work: In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert pianist and a poor, lower class young black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community, as well as probing questions of ambition and authority. 2d work: The short was shot in Lee De Forest's New York studio with his sound-on-film process in 1923, four years before Hollywood began to experiment with sound. Pianist Eubie Blake joined by his partner Noble Sissle performed their 1918 composition "Affectionate Dan" and a jazzed-up spiritual. |
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| Item Description: | Videocassette release of: the 1st work: 1926 silent motion picture ; the 2d work: 1923 motion picture. Rare silent films with new piano scores. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | 1st work: story by David Starkman ; directed by Frank Peregini ; 2d work: produced by Lee De Forest. |
| ISBN: | 1560984783 |