- Directed by
- Borzage, Frank, American, 1893 - 1962
- Subject of
- Goodman, Benny, American, 1909 - 1986
- Lee, Peggy, American, 1920 - 2002
- McCallister, Lon, American, 1923 - 2005
- Riordan, Marjorie, American, 1921 - 1984
- Owned by
- Smith, Ernie, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (digital file): 00:05:12
- Physical extent (film): 280 ft
- Description
- A motion picture film strip with scenes from the feature film Stage Door Canteen. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with a group of people surrounding a man who speaks into a microphone. The man introduces Benny Goodman and the audience applauds before Goodman begins playing his clarinet. Shortly after, jazz singer Peggy Lee joins Benny Goodman and his orchestra on stage; the group performs the jazz song "Why Don't You Do Right." Immediately after their performance, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra perform another tune, "Bugle Call Rag." Members of the audience dance to this second performance.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Topic
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Musicians
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
- Object number
- 2015.275.21.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




