The Music Album: Swing and Sing
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A series of musical numbers from Castle Films The Music Album, with singing, dancing and an orchestra. Fast paced, with the numbers introduced by title cards but blending almost seamlessly into each other. Numbers include “Boogie Woogie Man,” “Dixie,” “Dancing on Air” and “Fantasia.”
Credits
Castle Films (contributor); Brian Sisters (performing group); Martha Tiltin (performer); Will Osborne (performer)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Music
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. Three frightened looking girls in gingham pattern dresses sing “The Boogie Woogieman”. Cut between MS and LS. The background changes from an orchestra to projected patterns to witch silhouettes; 02:12 - Dixie. A conductor stands in front of a brass orchestra that performs “Dixie”. LS, with MS and CU of individual and small groups of musicians.; 03:58 - VS of a woman singing “Dancing on Air” in front of a man playing piano.; 05:23 - The previous orchestra performs “Fantasia”. Women with large feather fans dance in front of them. As an unseen woman sings a couple dances onto stage and performs gymnastic type ballet. Mostly LS, with pertinent HA views.
Cfa elements: Print, 290 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2795
Subjects: Music
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. Three frightened looking girls in gingham pattern dresses sing “The Boogie Woogieman”. Cut between MS and LS. The background changes from an orchestra to projected patterns to witch silhouettes; 02:12 - Dixie. A conductor stands in front of a brass orchestra that performs “Dixie”. LS, with MS and CU of individual and small groups of musicians.; 03:58 - VS of a woman singing “Dancing on Air” in front of a man playing piano.; 05:23 - The previous orchestra performs “Fantasia”. Women with large feather fans dance in front of them. As an unseen woman sings a couple dances onto stage and performs gymnastic type ballet. Mostly LS, with pertinent HA views.
Cfa elements: Print, 290 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2795
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:08