Leonard Anderson
Leonard Anderson was an American film editor and film director, and he co-owned a film production company. Anderson's short films of African-American musical acts include footage of Anna Mae Winburn with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm,[1] Lucky Millinder and his orchestra,[2] and Henri Woode.
Around late 1948, he founded the Video Varieties Corp., a film production company with George Goman, which was a predecessor to the West Coast Sound Studios.[3][4] In late 1948, Anderson directed a series of short films for the band the Adrian Rollini Trio (Adrian Rollini, George Hnida, and Allan Hanlon).[5] He edited the popular television show The Honeymooners in the 1950s.[6]
Filmography[edit]
Director[edit]
- Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra (1946).
- Adventure (1946)
- Big Fat Mamas (1946), a "Soundie" cut from the film Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra[7]
- Runaway (1946)
- Hello Bill (1946)[2]
- I Cried for You (1946)
- I Want a Man (1946)
- I Want to Talk About You (1946)
- Love in Syncopation (1946)[8]
- That Man of Mine (1946)
- Jump Children (1946), featuring the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
- Lonesome Lover Blues (1946)
- Mistletoe (1946)
- She's Crazy with Heat (1946)
- That Man of Mine (1946)
- You Call it Madness (1946)[9]
- Hello Bill (1946), produced by William D. Alexander[10] one of three soundies cut from Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra[2]
- Jivin' in Be-Bop (1947)
- Harlem Dynamite, a 30-minute short edited from the feature Jivin' in Be-Bop
- Rhythm in a Riff (1947)
- I Want to Talk About You, a 30-minute short edited from Rhythm in a Riff[11]
- Lonesome Road Blues (1949), soundie of Shorty Warren and his cowboy orchestra[12]
- Lonsesome Lover Blues, excerpted from Rhythm in a Riff[13]
Editor[edit]
- Whispering City (1947)[14][better source needed]
- Reet, Petite and Gone (1947)
- Lamp Post Favorites (1948)[15]
- Citizen Saint, a Catholic documentary
- Singing in the Dark (1956), about a Holocaust surviving singer in New York City who has amnesia
References[edit]
- ^ McGee, Kristin A. (2011-07-21). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6967-7.
- ^ a b c "HELLO BILL Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "Celluloid Improvisations". www.jazz-on-film.com.
- ^ Televiser. Vol. 5–6. Television Publications. 1949. p. 25.
- ^ Delden, Ate van (2019-11-29). Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-4968-2517-9.
- ^ "U-M Library Search". search.lib.umich.edu.
- ^ "BIG FAT MAMAS Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "Celluloid Improvisations ♫ LEARN". www.jazz-on-film.com.
- ^ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clear, Rebecca D. (August 23, 1993). Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9780788114366 – via Google Books.
- ^ "I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ Hurst, Walter E. (August 23, 1989). Film Superlist: 1940-1949. Hollywood Film Archive. ISBN 9780913616277 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clear, Rebecca D. (November 28, 1993). Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9780788114366 – via Google Books.
- ^ Reid, John Howard (September 1, 2009). Mystery, Suspense, Film Noir and Detective Movies on DVD: A Guide to the Best in Cinema Thrills. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557122233 – via Google Books.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 23, 1948). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.
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