Unid. Soundie (Juvenile Jubilee)
Unid. Soundie (Juvenile Jubilee) is a short film from 1940s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
All girl xylophone band
| Unid. Soundie (Juvenile Jubilee) | |
|---|---|
Release date | 1940s |
Running time | 4 reels |
| Language | English |
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This is a dupe of Soundie - Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens
All girl xylophone band.
00:13:51:10 - 00:16:14:08 B/W Sound 1940s
Vibraphone jazz band performs instrumental song on Greek-themed
set. Male bandleader plays vibes w/ mallets as seven female
musicians in sleeveless evening gowns play harmony on other
vibraphones & shake maracas. Excellent: Man plays upright bass,
takes wild slapping solo, bobbing his head maniacally.
Commentary
Reg is playing the marimba and skips up to an electric vibraphone. Frank Denunzio plays the base, and yes the clip is a mirror immage, my mother usually was on the far left and may be the one referred to as rolling her eyes so show how much fun this was. My mother loved to play in this band. The woman next to the maraca player is Reg's wife. A few of the Marimba Queens are still living. The Kehoe Band opened and closed the Hershey Park season in PA for many years and was something I looked forward to each year. This clip was titled "A Study in Brown" and was played before a movie. I don't remember the name of the movie. My mother played with the band from about 1938 until 1955. She also did stand up comedy and a 'contortionist' doing an acrobatic act. I am delighted that people can still enjoy this great band of days gone by.
-- https://archive.org/details/@cyndym18
One of the commenters below identifies the piece as A Study In Brown “by Bunny Berigan”. It Was recorded by Bunny Berigan, but it’s a Larry Clinton composition, (Larry Clinton’s best known work would be The Dipsy Doodle), and, comparing various versions on YouTube, this arrangement is much closer to that of the record by Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra