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Juke Joint
- Directed by
- Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
- Written by
- Thompson, True T., American, 1896 - 1973
- Produced by
- Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
- Newell, Inez
- Distributed by
- Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
- Subject of
- Orr, Robert, American
- Williams, Spencer, American, 1893-1969
- Newell, Inez
- Duncan, Leonard
- Moore, Dauphine
- Duncan, Melody
- Moore, Katherine
- Patterson, Tilford
- Smith, Albert
- Galloway, Howard
- Beamon, Clifford
- McHugh, Frances
- Gilbert, Don
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 68 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1175 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1175 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Juke Joint. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- It opens as the protagonists Bad News Johnson (Spencer Williams) and July Jones (also known as “Cornbread Green” in the film) deboard an automobile in Dallas, Texas. Both men thank their driver and after the vehicle pulls away Johnson tells Jones, “Well, here we are. Mr. Jones, you are now in the great South West.” In response to one of Jones’ question about where they will be headed next, Johnson states “Mr. Jones, we are following the advice of Horace Greeley. Mr. Greely said, ‘go west young man, and do your best; then come east and spend your grease.’” Jones later reminds Johnson that they only have twenty-five cents with them.
- The rest of the film chronicles how the two men pass themselves off as beauty pageant coaches in exchange for free room and board in the home of Mrs. Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday (Inez Newell). The final scene takes place in a juke joint were Mama Lou discovers her daughters celebrating winning the pageant.
- Place filmed
- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.10.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Letter sent to Charley Pride from Captain Jeff Wells
- Written by
- Captain Wells, Jeff, American
- Received by
- Pride, Charley, American, 1934 - 2020
- Subject of
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- May 28, 2007
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (letter): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- H x W (images): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A fan letter sent to Charley Pride from Captain Jeff Wells while serving in United States Army. The letter is handwritten in blue ink on yellow paper. In the letter, Jeff Wells thanks Charley Pride for making music that allowed him to temporarily escape from the war in Iraq. Also included are four images of Wells while serving in Iraq. The images are printed on a white piece of paper in landscape view (2012.125.76.1.6b). The images are attached to letter with a metal staple.
- Place depicted
- San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Baghdad, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Correspondence
- Country (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Military
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charley Pride
- Object number
- 2012.125.76.1.6ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jeff Wells
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Baseball cap souvenir from Prince's Jam of the Year Tour
- Date
- 1997
- Medium
- cotton and polyester fabric, plastic, cardboard and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 × 6 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (12.7 × 15.9 × 26.7 cm)
- Description
- A baseball cap from Prince’s Jam of the Year Tour 1997. The cap is made of a black cotton-polyester blend fabric and has a low crown profile. The cap's stiff bill is formed by black fabric on top and green fabric on the underside stitched onto cardboard. White embroidered text across the crown reads: [emancipation]. Embroidered on both the proper left and proper right sides of the cap, in yellow thread, is the hybrid male-female symbol representing the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. The back of the cap has a plastic snap closure. Above the adjuster, text embroidered in white thread reads: [NPG]. Below the white text is black embroidered text: [RECORDS]. The interior of the cap has stiffener underneath the two (2) center crown panels of the cap. There is one (1) grommet surrounded by thread in the center of each of the six (6) panels that make up the cap, and one (1) fabric-covered rivet fastener at the top of the crown. A sweatband of the same black material as the cap is stitched along the cap edge. At the interior proper left side is a manufacturer's tag that reads: [YUPOONG/ 60% Cotton/ 40% Polyester/ One Size Fits All/ Made In/ Domincan Republic].
- Place purchased
- Alamodome, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- baseball caps
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Funk (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Popular music
- Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Rock and roll (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece in memory of Pauline Watkins Reece
- Object number
- 2015.45.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions