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050 _aPN1995.9.N4
245 _aBlack film collection :
_ba special collection from the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection/Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University /
_c Clarence Brooks; Dorothy Van Engle; Clarence Muse; Frances Redd; Buck Woods.
_hVideorecording.
260 _aTyler, Texas :
_bSouthern Methodist University,
_c[2003] c2003
300 _a3 videodiscs (543 min.) :
_bsound, black and white ;
_c3/4 in. +
_e1 booklet
500 _aAlso known as "The Tyler, Texas black film collection."
505 _a Disc 1. Murder in Harlem (1935, 102 min.) -- Broken earth (1939, 10 min.) -- Midnight shadow (60 min.) -- Where's my man to-nite (1943, 72 min.)-- disc 2. Girl in room 20 (1946, 64 min.) -- Vanities (1946, 10 min.) -- Juke joint (1947, 70 min.) -- Miracle in Harlem (1948, 80 min.) -- disc 3. Souls of sin (1949, 65 min.) -- By-line newsreels (1953-1956, 10 min. each) -- '84 Intro/closing -- SMU libraries.
511 _a Murder in Harlem: Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle. Broken earth: Clarence Muse. Midnight shadow: Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates. Where's my man to-nite: Hugh Martin, George T. Sutton. Girl in room 20: Geraldine Brock, Spencer Williams, July Jones. Vanities: Joesfred Portee, Charles Keith, Audrey Armstrong. Boogie woogie blues: Hadda Brooks. Juke joint: Spencer Williams, July Jones. Miracle in Harlem: Hilda Offley, Sheila Guyse. Souls of sin: Savannah Churchill, Jimmy Wright, Billie Allen, William Greaves.
520 _a A collection of rare African-American films from the 1930s, 40s and 50s which were nearly destroyed, have been rescued by William Jones, founder of Southern Methodist University's film collection. Called to a warehouse in the early 1980s to dig through a pile of old film canisters which the managers of the warehouse were preparing to throw out, Jones found a treasure trove of feature films and newsreels made by
650 _aAfrican Americans in motion pictures.
650 _aAfrican American motion picture producers and directors.
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