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Past Film/Video | Classics
ADMISSION $6 members, students, seniors $8 general public
FREE GALLERY ADMISSION Don’t forget: gallery admission is free with a ticket to any same-day Wexner Center event. Simply show your ticket at our Patron Services Desk.
Tickets for this event go on sale to Wexner Center members August 8, 2018, at 10 AM. Public ticket sales for this event begin August 18, 2018.
This program of six short films originally produced by Paramount Pictures from 1929 to 1935 showcases some of the greatest musical artists of the Harlem Renaissance including Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. (74 mins., DCP)
Program lineup
Black and Tan Fantasy (Dudley Murphy, 1929) featuring Duke Ellington
St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929) featuring Bessie Smith
Rhapsody in Black and Blue (Aubrey Scotto, 1932) featuring Louis Armstrong
A Bundle of Blues (Fred Waller, 1933) featuring Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (Fred Waller, 1934) featuring Cab Calloway
Symphony in Black (Fred Waller, 1935) featuring Duke Ellington
Presented in conjunction with Columbus’s yearlong celebration I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100.
I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100
A Bundle of Blues, image courtesy of Cohen Film Collection
Black and Tan, image courtesy of Cohen Film Collection
Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho, image courtesy of Cohen Film Collection
THIS EVENT PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
Harlem Renaissance at 100
Past Film/Video
Duke Ellington & Friends: Jazz Greats on Film
