Junction 88
- Directed by
- Quigley, George P., American
- Written by
- Smith, Augustus Julius, American, 1891 - 1964
- Produced by
- Sack, Alfred N., American, 1898 - 1969
- Subject of
- Howard, Bob, American, 1906 - 1986
- Markham, Dewey, American, 1904 - 1981
- Sissle, Noble, American, 1889 - 1975
- Clark, Wyatt
- Cooke, Marie, American, 1921 - 2011
- Mitchell, Abbie, American, 1884 - 1960
- McGinty, Artie Belle, American, 1892 - 1963
- Wiltshire, George, American, 1901 - 1976
- Junior, Herbert
- Bozan, Alonzo, American, 1886 - 1959
- Simmons, Maude, American, 1893 - 1977
- Young, Al
- Smith, Augustus Julius, American, 1891 - 1964
- Recorded by
- Nobel Sissle and His Orchestra, American
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 50 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1000 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 1000 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of the feature film Junction 88. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
- It opens with two individuals sitting on steps in front of a house. The man, Pop (Augustus Smith), says, “Music is just like sugar, Mom, too much of it makes you sick,” to which the woman, Mom (Abbey Mitchell), responds, “Not me, Pop, I love it.” As they speak, music from a piano can be heard in the background. In the next scene, Buster Jenkins (Wyatt Clark), a young pianist, plays a tune for his lover Lolly Simpson (Marie Cooke). At the end of his performance, Buster tells her, “Please, Lolly, don’t tell anyone I wrote it.” Lolly responds with “If you say not to, I won’t; but I want to.” The two stand and embrace each other with a kiss. The rest of the film chronicles Buster’s struggles for success and his attempt to win Pop’s approval.
- Place filmed
- 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
- 2015.167.11.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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