Film clip of Cab Calloway perfoming on Kreisler Bandstand

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A 16mm black-and-white kinescope motion picture film. It is an episode from a 1951 half-hour television series sponsored by Jacques Kreisler Watches and broadcast on ABC-TV, premiering on March 21, 1951. The program was directed by Perry Lafferty and produced by Richard H. (Dick) Gordon, Jr. and George F. Foley, Jr. It features live musical performances, including: "Shot Gun Boogie" performed by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra; "Someone to Watch Over Me" performed by Ella Fitzgerald; "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" performed by Cab Calloway, preceded by a tap dance performance by Teddy Hale; "If I Were a Bell" performed by Ella Fitzgerald; and, "Night and Day" performed by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. The film begins with a title sequence composed of pages of music with the titles of the show printed on them. An announcer reads each title card as it appears.

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