Bill_Robinson_and_Putney_Dandridge_on_piano,_Harlem_Is_Heaven,_1932.jpg (373 × 273 pixels, file size: 57 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary edit
| Description |
Screenshot (uncropped, fuller image) of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing "Is You or Is You Ain't" in the 1932 film Harlem Is Heaven. Accompanying Robinson in a "speak set" of this song is bandleader and jazz pianist Putney Dandridge. In some current references and also in film reviews from 1932 (such as in the entertainment trade publication Variety), Dandridge is misidentified as Eubie Blake even though Robinson in this scene clearly addresses "Putney" before they begin their performance. |
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| Source |
Screenshot from video copy of film available for free public viewing on YouTube. |
| Date |
Frame of the film originally released May 27, 1932 |
| Author |
Lincoln Pictures, Inc., New York, N.Y. |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
See below.
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- Other information
This screenshot was captured from a YouTube presentation of the film by Wikipedia contributor Strudjum on February 9, 2018. See External links on Harlem Is Heaven page for viewing YouTube copy. It should be noted that the surviving available copies of Harlem Is Heaven are rather poor in their visual quality. The lack of the overall clarity of screenshots from the film, abrupt scene cuts, and the film's choppy frame rates are due less to degradation over time than to the low-budget cinematography and rapid production and editing schedules of the original film. As noted too in the related article, the complete budget for the film was "less than $50,000" (likely far less), and the production's entire filming on sets and on location was done in only one week.
Licensing edit
Both the American Film Institute (AFI) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), as cited in the Wikipedia page devoted to Harlem Is Heaven, states that no copyright registration for this film, even from the time of its 1932 release, has ever been found.
 | This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977 inclusive, without a copyright notice. Unless the author has been dead for several years, it is not in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works. This includes Canada, China (not Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan Area), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties. See also further explanation. |  |
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