Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0166 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "The Big Show" with Tallulah Bankhead. Louis on the "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Tracks 1-13: Recording of "The Big Show," episode 28, broadcast on September 30, 1951: Opening of "The Big Show"; Track 2: Tallulah Bankhead opening monologue with George Sanders; Track 3: "Someday My Heart Will Awake" (George Sanders); Track 4: Tallulah Bankhead introduces scene from "Caesar and Cleopatra"; scene from "Caesar and Cleopatra" with Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh; Track 6: Tallulah Bankhead and Meredith Wilson talk; Track 6: "In the Still of the Night" (BBC Variety Concert Orchestra and George Mitchell Glee Club); Track 7: Station ID by Bankhead; Track 8: Bankhead and Jack Buchanan comedy routine (incomplete); Track 9: Tallulah and Buchanan comedy routine continued; Track 10: Bankhead introduces Vera Lynn and talks with her; Track 11: "I Am Loved" (Vera Lynn); Track 12: "Tallulah introduces Fred Allen; they banter; Track 13: Fred Allen comedy routine with Bankhead and Portland Hoffa (incomplete); Tracks 14-18: Recording of Louis Armstrong's appearance on Milton Berle's "Texaco Star Theater" on September 25, 1951: "Jeepers Creepers" (missing beginning); Track 15: Louis and Milton Berle introduce next song; "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; Track 16: Milton Berle talks with Louis; Track 17: comedy sketch featuring various songs; "Gone Fishin'" (Louis and Vaughn Monroe); "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (whole cast including Louis); Track 18: Louis closes tape with compliments about what a pleasure it was working with Berle. |
People |
Bankhead, Tallulah Berle, Milton |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1951 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.166 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |