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Leonard Anderson

Filmmaker

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

Director

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

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

^ 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.