| FOUR MUSKETEERS Harmony singing group The Four Musketeers sing 'Roll Dem Bones' in blackface. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6918 |
| Catalog #: | 317827 | |
| Clip Number: | 317827-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 808 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:30 - 01:31:24 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Sterotypes ENTERTAINMENT: Blackface ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Novelty GAMBLING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | FOUR MUSKETEERS Harmony singing group The Four Musketeers sing 'Roll Dem Bones' in blackface. "And now for those famous Variety & BBC Masters of Harmony - The Four Musketeers (Mabel Pearl at the Piano.) - in a Southern Interlude 'ROLL DEM 'BONES'". London. Brief shot of harmony singing group The Four Musketeers in white tie and tails in the studio as they start to sing 'Roll Dem Bones'. Mabel Pearl accompanies them at the grand piano. Shots of the South of United States of America - swamps, willow trees and African-Americans sitting by a river and fishing. Cut to the Four Musketeers on a set dressed to look like a clearing in the 'Deep South'. They are all in blackface and dungarees and are shooting craps (dice). They carry on singing a cappella. | |
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