Leonard Anderson

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NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Occupation
  • Film editor
  • Director

Leonard Anderson was a film editor and director in the United States. His 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. He was white.

He founded the Video Varieties production company with George Goman.[3] He edited the popular television show The Honeymooners in the 1950s.[4]

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[5]
  • 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)[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • Hello Bill (1946), produced by William D. Alexander[8] 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[9]
  • Lonesome Road Blues (1949), soundie of Shorty Warren and his cowboy orchestra[10]
  • Lonsesome Lover Blues, excerpted from Rhythm in a Riff[11]

Editor

  • Whispering City (1947)[12]
  • Reet, Petite and Gone (1947)
  • Lamp Post Favorites (1948)[13]
  • Citizen Saint, a Catholic documentary
  • Singing in the Dark (1956), about a Holocaust surviving singer in New York City who has amnesia

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "HELLO BILL Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. "Celluloid Improvisations ♫ WATCH". www.jazz-on-film.com.
  4. "U-M Library Search". search.lib.umich.edu.
  5. "BIG FAT MAMAS Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  6. "Celluloid Improvisations ♫ LEARN". www.jazz-on-film.com.
  7. Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). "African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
  8. Clear, Rebecca D. (August 23, 1993). "Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress". DIANE Publishing – via Google Books.
  9. "I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  10. Hurst, Walter E. (August 23, 1989). "Film Superlist: 1940-1949". Hollywood Film Archive – via Google Books.
  11. Clear, Rebecca D. (November 28, 1993). "Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress". DIANE Publishing – via Google Books.
  12. 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 – via Google Books.
  13. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 23, 1948). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.

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