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"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906.
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released by The General Film Company. Williams directed and G. W. Bitzer, usually D. W. Griffith's cameraman, was the cinematographer. A still surviving film featuring Williams in his famous blackface routine.
The most important thing about this film is that it features the great stage comedian Bert Williams (1874-1922) in one of his few motion picture appearances. There seems to be only one other survivor among his movies, a short comedy simply entitled FISH, which is very hard to find. Otherwise, for those interested in Bert Williams and in the early history of African-Americans on stage and screen, A NATURAL BORN GAMBLER is a milestone of sorts.
For what it's worth, it's not entirely accurate to refer to Bert Williams as "African-American," as he came from Nassau in the Bahamas, of African, Danish, and Spanish ancestry. He was a light-skinned man whose speech retained his West Indian accent, but he was compelled by the stage conventions of his day to darken his face with burnt cork makeup, and to speak in the thick patois of the American black-face minstrel; in fact, that's where his show business career began, in minstrelsy. But according to those who saw him perform (including my grandmother), Bert Williams was touched by genius, and brought a unique sensitivity, pathos, and dignity to his work that somehow transcended the degrading Sambo roles with which he found himself saddled. Williams belongs in the pantheon of great clowns, alongside Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Fanny Brice, etc. His phonograph recordings of comic monologues and droll songs, some of which he wrote, are still funny and worth seeking out.
Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams (November 12, 1874 -- March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world."
Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw -- and the saddest man I ever knew."
In 1910, Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." Gene Buck, who had discovered W. C. Fields in vaudeville and hired him for the Follies, wrote to a friend on the occasion of Fields' death: "Next to Bert Williams, Bill [Fields] was the greatest comic that ever lived."
In 1940, Duke Ellington composed and recorded "A Portrait of Bert Williams," a subtly crafted tribute. In 1978, in a memorable turn on a Boston Pops TV special, Ben Vereen performed a tribute to Williams, complete with appropriate makeup and attire, and reprising Williams' high-kick dance steps, to such classic vaudeville standards as "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee".
In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Bert Williams was named in his honor.
The 1980 Broadway musical Tintypes featured "I'm a Jonah Man", a song first popularized by Williams in 1903.
In 1996, Bert Williams was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.
The Archeophone label has collected and released all of Williams' extant recordings on three CDs.
Dancing in the Dark (2005) by Caryl Phillips is a novelization of the life of Bert Williams.
Resources: wikipedia.org, archive.org
New soundtrack and dubbing: CinemaHistoryChannel
Music: Kevin Mac Leod (incompetch.com) licensed under Creative Commons licence: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- published: 22 Jan 2013
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In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were A Natural Born Gambler (1916) and Fish (1916). Background from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/).
In 1916, Bert produced, directed and starred in Fish, about a "boy" who spends hours digging for worms and wants to spend his afternoon fishing, but when he returns home for his pole he finds chores waiting. He sneaks out on the chores and goes fishing anyway. After he catches a big fish he tries to sell it to one of his neighbors, but the neighbor runs him off. The boy's family catches up with him and drags him back to his chores. At 42, Bert's attempt to portray a "boy" was not well received. Bert was frustrated with the limitations of primitive cinema and Fish was his last film. Summary written by Blackface: Bert Williams (http://black-face.com/Bert-Williams.htm).
More Information:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Williams
- published: 07 Feb 2015
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Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University
- published: 20 Sep 2015
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Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the first black superstar of Broadway. W.C. Fields once described him as “The funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew.” Being a black star in America at this time was a sobering contradiction. Bert Williams would appear to adoring standing room only audiences in theatres, but after the show would find it near impossible to be served in a bar or a restaurant. On one occasion, the sophisticated Mr. Williams went to a bar and asked for a whiskey on ice. The bartender said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars!” Williams, without flinching replied, “Then I’ll have four.”
- published: 14 Jun 2015
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Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy!
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Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." Contrary to occasional assertions that Antigua was Bert Williams' place of birth, the case for The Bahamas is now accepted by most scholars and biographers as irrefutable. The record is clear that Bert was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874 to Frederick Williams Jr. and his wife Julia (née Moncur), both of them natives of The Bahamas as well. This is verified by the Register of Births for St. Matthews Parish, Nassau, Bahamas (ref. entry # 24) showing November 12, 1874 at Nassau as the date and place of birth. Bert's Bahamian origins are also confirmed by the (1920) 14th Census of the United States in which the "actor" Bert Williams working in the "theatre", a resident of New York City, is described as a native of The Bahamas along with his mother, Julia Williams who was listed as living at the time of the Census with Bert and his wife, Lottie née Thompson.
Williams became one of Vaudeville's top solo artists, but he first gained notice as half of the successful double-act "Williams & Walker." He and George Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' schemes. However, they soon discovered that they got a better reaction by switching roles. The sharp-featured and slender Walker eventually developed a persona as a strutting dandy, while the stocky Williams played the languorous oaf. Despite his thickset physique, Williams was a master of body language and physical "stage business. A New York Times reviewer wrote, He holds a face for minutes at a time, seemingly, and when he alters it, brings a laugh by the least movement.
In 1899 Bert surprised his partner George Walker and his family when he announced he had recently married Charlotte ("Lottie") Thompson, a singer with whom he had worked professionally, in a very private ceremony. Lottie was a widow 8 years Bert's senior and a homebody, thus the match seemed odd to some who knew the gregarious and constantly traveling Williams, but all who knew them considered them a uniquely happy couple and the union lasted until his death. The Williamses never had children biologically but they adopted three of Lottie's nieces and frequently sheltered orphans and foster children in their homes.
Williams & Walker appeared in a succession of shows, including A Senegambian Carnival, A Lucky Coon, and The Policy Players. Their stars were on the ascent, but they still faced vivid reminders of the limits placed on them by white society. In August 1900, in New York City, hysterical rumors of a white detective having been shot by a black man erupted into an uncontained riot. Unaware of the street violence, Williams & Walker left their theater after a performance and parted ways. Williams headed off in a fortunate direction, but Walker was yanked from a streetcar by a white mob and was beaten.
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PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min).
Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community.
Clips and interviews with:
Pat Rooney
Mel Watkins
June Taylor
Carson Robinson's Pioneers
The Duncan Sisters
Eunice Wilson and the Five Racketeers
Bobby Short
Robert Townsend
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
Leonard Reed
Stump and Stumpy
Moms Mabley
Ethel Waters
Reed and Bryant
June Havoc
Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard)
Eubie Blake
Bert Williams
Jack LaMaire
Al Hirschfeld
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Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world."
Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew."
Williams was born in Antigua, West Indies, and at the age of 10 he was brought to New York City by his parents. From New York City the family moved to Riverside, California, where Williams graduated from Riverside High School. He later went to San Francisco, intending to study to be a civil engineer, but instead joined a minstrel company known as "The Mastoden Minstrels", which played the lumber and mining camps of California. In 1893, in San Francisco he formed the team of Williams and Walker, his partner being equally celebrated straight man George Walker.
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2:07Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)
Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)
"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906. -
2:23Bert Williams Famous Poker Routine
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22:06A Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movie
A Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movieA Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movie
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released by The General Film Company. Williams directed and G. W. Bitzer, usually D. W. Griffith's cameraman, was the cinematographer. A still surviving film featuring Williams in his famous blackface routine. The most important thing about this film is that it features the great stage comedian Bert Williams (1874-1922) in one of his few motion picture appearances. There seems to be only one other survivor among his movies, a short comedy simply entitled FISH, which is very hard to find. Otherwise, for those interested in Bert Williams and in the early history of African-Americans on stage and screen, A NATURAL BORN GAMBLER is a milestone of sorts. For what it's worth, it's not entirely accurate to refer to Bert Williams as "African-American," as he came from Nassau in the Bahamas, of African, Danish, and Spanish ancestry. He was a light-skinned man whose speech retained his West Indian accent, but he was compelled by the stage conventions of his day to darken his face with burnt cork makeup, and to speak in the thick patois of the American black-face minstrel; in fact, that's where his show business career began, in minstrelsy. But according to those who saw him perform (including my grandmother), Bert Williams was touched by genius, and brought a unique sensitivity, pathos, and dignity to his work that somehow transcended the degrading Sambo roles with which he found himself saddled. Williams belongs in the pantheon of great clowns, alongside Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Fanny Brice, etc. His phonograph recordings of comic monologues and droll songs, some of which he wrote, are still funny and worth seeking out. Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams (November 12, 1874 -- March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw -- and the saddest man I ever knew." In 1910, Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." Gene Buck, who had discovered W. C. Fields in vaudeville and hired him for the Follies, wrote to a friend on the occasion of Fields' death: "Next to Bert Williams, Bill [Fields] was the greatest comic that ever lived." In 1940, Duke Ellington composed and recorded "A Portrait of Bert Williams," a subtly crafted tribute. In 1978, in a memorable turn on a Boston Pops TV special, Ben Vereen performed a tribute to Williams, complete with appropriate makeup and attire, and reprising Williams' high-kick dance steps, to such classic vaudeville standards as "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee". In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Bert Williams was named in his honor. The 1980 Broadway musical Tintypes featured "I'm a Jonah Man", a song first popularized by Williams in 1903. In 1996, Bert Williams was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame. The Archeophone label has collected and released all of Williams' extant recordings on three CDs. Dancing in the Dark (2005) by Caryl Phillips is a novelization of the life of Bert Williams. Resources: wikipedia.org, archive.org New soundtrack and dubbing: CinemaHistoryChannel Music: Kevin Mac Leod (incompetch.com) licensed under Creative Commons licence: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -
8:29Fish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
Fish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent FilmFish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were A Natural Born Gambler (1916) and Fish (1916). Background from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/). In 1916, Bert produced, directed and starred in Fish, about a "boy" who spends hours digging for worms and wants to spend his afternoon fishing, but when he returns home for his pole he finds chores waiting. He sneaks out on the chores and goes fishing anyway. After he catches a big fish he tries to sell it to one of his neighbors, but the neighbor runs him off. The boy's family catches up with him and drags him back to his chores. At 42, Bert's attempt to portray a "boy" was not well received. Bert was frustrated with the limitations of primitive cinema and Fish was his last film. Summary written by Blackface: Bert Williams (http://black-face.com/Bert-Williams.htm). More Information: IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Williams -
5:00American Musical Bert Williams
American Musical Bert WilliamsAmerican Musical Bert Williams
Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University -
3:11NOBODY by Bert Williams
NOBODY by Bert WilliamsNOBODY by Bert Williams
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the first black superstar of Broadway. W.C. Fields once described him as “The funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew.” Being a black star in America at this time was a sobering contradiction. Bert Williams would appear to adoring standing room only audiences in theatres, but after the show would find it near impossible to be served in a bar or a restaurant. On one occasion, the sophisticated Mr. Williams went to a bar and asked for a whiskey on ice. The bartender said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars!” Williams, without flinching replied, “Then I’ll have four.” -
2:50NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy! -
3:29Bert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
Bert Williams and George Walker Final PresentationBert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
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2:17Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902
Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." Contrary to occasional assertions that Antigua was Bert Williams' place of birth, the case for The Bahamas is now accepted by most scholars and biographers as irrefutable. The record is clear that Bert was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874 to Frederick Williams Jr. and his wife Julia (née Moncur), both of them natives of The Bahamas as well. This is verified by the Register of Births for St. Matthews Parish, Nassau, Bahamas (ref. entry # 24) showing November 12, 1874 at Nassau as the date and place of birth. Bert's Bahamian origins are also confirmed by the (1920) 14th Census of the United States in which the "actor" Bert Williams working in the "theatre", a resident of New York City, is described as a native of The Bahamas along with his mother, Julia Williams who was listed as living at the time of the Census with Bert and his wife, Lottie née Thompson. Williams became one of Vaudeville's top solo artists, but he first gained notice as half of the successful double-act "Williams & Walker." He and George Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' schemes. However, they soon discovered that they got a better reaction by switching roles. The sharp-featured and slender Walker eventually developed a persona as a strutting dandy, while the stocky Williams played the languorous oaf. Despite his thickset physique, Williams was a master of body language and physical "stage business. A New York Times reviewer wrote, He holds a face for minutes at a time, seemingly, and when he alters it, brings a laugh by the least movement. In 1899 Bert surprised his partner George Walker and his family when he announced he had recently married Charlotte ("Lottie") Thompson, a singer with whom he had worked professionally, in a very private ceremony. Lottie was a widow 8 years Bert's senior and a homebody, thus the match seemed odd to some who knew the gregarious and constantly traveling Williams, but all who knew them considered them a uniquely happy couple and the union lasted until his death. The Williamses never had children biologically but they adopted three of Lottie's nieces and frequently sheltered orphans and foster children in their homes. Williams & Walker appeared in a succession of shows, including A Senegambian Carnival, A Lucky Coon, and The Policy Players. Their stars were on the ascent, but they still faced vivid reminders of the limits placed on them by white society. In August 1900, in New York City, hysterical rumors of a white detective having been shot by a black man erupted into an uncontained riot. Unaware of the street violence, Williams & Walker left their theater after a performance and parted ways. Williams headed off in a fortunate direction, but Walker was yanked from a streetcar by a white mob and was beaten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
19:55Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary
Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentaryBlacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min). Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community. Clips and interviews with: Pat Rooney Mel Watkins June Taylor Carson Robinson's Pioneers The Duncan Sisters Eunice Wilson and the Five Racketeers Bobby Short Robert Townsend Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham Leonard Reed Stump and Stumpy Moms Mabley Ethel Waters Reed and Bryant June Havoc Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard) Eubie Blake Bert Williams Jack LaMaire Al Hirschfeld
- Antigua
- Archeophone Records
- Bahamas
- Ben Vereen
- Bert Williams
- Biograph Studios
- Blackface
- Booker T. Washington
- Boston Pops
- Broadway musical
- Broadway theatre
- Buckingham Palace
- Cakewalk
- Civil engineer
- Columbia Records
- Comedian
- Duke Ellington
- Eddie Cantor
- Entertainer
- Fanny Brice
- Find a Grave
- Flo Ziegfeld
- George M. Cohan
- Hotel Astor
- In Dahomey
- Leon Errol
- Liberty ship
- London
- Nassau, Bahamas
- New Providence
- New York
- New York City
- Nobody (1905 song)
- Nora Bayes
- Over There
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Pneumonia
- Portal Biography
- Prohibition
- San Francisco
- SS Bert Williams
- The Frogs (club)
- Tintypes
- Vaudeville
- W.C. Fields
- Walter C. Kelly
- West Indies
- Wikipedia Persondata
- Will Marion Cook
- Will Rogers
- Yale University
- Ziegfeld Follies
'Bert Williams' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Talking to Strangers (2008)
Actors: Oto Brezina (actor), Michael Haboush (actor), Art Roberts (actor), Cassie Jaye (actress), Jesselynn Desmond (actress), Jay Edwards (actor), Justin Little (actor), Justin Little (actor), Joel Roman (actor), Daniel Fanaberia (actor), Daniel Fanaberia (actor), Kyle Vogt (actor), Kim MacKenzie (actress), Michael Savage (actor), Bill Devlin (actor),
Genres: ,Talking to Strangers (2008)
Actors: Oto Brezina (actor), Michael Haboush (actor), Art Roberts (actor), Cassie Jaye (actress), Jesselynn Desmond (actress), Jay Edwards (actor), Justin Little (actor), Justin Little (actor), Joel Roman (actor), Daniel Fanaberia (actor), Daniel Fanaberia (actor), Kyle Vogt (actor), Kim MacKenzie (actress), Michael Savage (actor), Bill Devlin (actor),
Genres: ,Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)
Actors: Buzz Kulik (director), Grady Hunt (costume designer), Samantha Eggar (actress), Leon Charles (actor), Valerie Perrine (actress), Buzz Kulik (producer), Lilyan Chauvin (actress), Nehemiah Persoff (actor), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), David Opatoshu (actor), Barbara Parkins (actress), Richard B. Shull (actor), M.J. Frankovich (producer), Jessica Rains (actress), Cliff Norton (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Rivalen der Manege (1958)
Actors: Loni Heuser (actress), Elma Karlowa (actress), Kurt Waitzmann (actor), Hans von Borsody (actor), Paul Hartmann (actor), Herbert Weicker (actor), Claus Holm (actor), Elke Aberle (actress), Harald Philipp (writer), Helmut Schmid (actor), Harald Philipp (director), Germaine Damar (actress), Eva Kroll (editor), Paul Bürks (actor), John Schapar (actor),
Genres: Drama,Minstrel Days (1941)
Actors: Bud Jamison (actor), Owen Crump (writer), Hank Mann (actor), Willie Best (actor), Jack Mower (actor), Billy Wayne (actor), Al Jolson (actor), Gordon Hollingshead (producer), Eddie Cantor (actor), Al Herman (actor), Knox Manning (actor), Bobby Connolly (director), Fred Walburn (actor), Harry Fox (actor), Harry Cody (actor),
Plot: This Vitaphone musical featurette features a minstrel show, with traditional interlocutor and Mr. Bones, doing many old time songs (mostly Stephen Foster) with Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in blackface, via stock footage from earlier Warners films, inserted doing some of their trademark songs. This short was reissued November of 1946 and again in September of 1953.
Keywords: minstrel-show, vitaphone-melody-masterGenres: Musical, Short,
Williams, Bert Filmography
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1995, role: actor , character name: Old Cop in Property
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1993, role: actor , character name: Bob Hodges
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1992, role: actor , character name: Father O'Shea
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1991, role: actor , character name: Old Man in Store
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1991, role: actor , character name: Doc Holiday
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1988, role: actor , character name: Sheriff Yates
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1987, role: actor , character name: Police Chief
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1987, role: actor , character name: Tim Shosh
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1986, role: actor , character name: Police Captain
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1986, role: actor , character name: Commissioner Reddesdale
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1985, role: actor , character name: Bartender
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1983, role: actor , character name: Mr. Johnson
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1983, role: actor , character name: Doc Peabody
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1980, role: actor , character name: 1st Marksman
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1980, role: actor , character name: Judge
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1980, role: actor , character name: Security Captain
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1979, role: actor , character name: Mr. Grogan
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1979, role: actor , character name: Sherman Krupp - Trading Post Owner
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1979, role: actor
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1977, role: actor , character name: Tour Bus Driver
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1977, role: actor , character name: Homer
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1977, role: actor , character name: Mr. Hardesty
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1977, role: actor , character name: Paddy Welsh
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1976, role: actor , character name: Sheriff
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1976, role: actor , character name: Deputy
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1976, role: actor , character name: Lars
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1976, role: actor , character name: Bus Passenger
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1974, role: actor , character name: Doctor
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1965, role: writer
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1965, role: producer
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1965, role: actor , character name: Detective
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1965, role: director
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1961, role: actor , character name: The Killer
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1958, role: actor , character name: King of Goona
Williams, Bert Filmography
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2000, role: actor
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1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1993, role: actor , character name: Himself - Comedian
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1984, role: actor , character name: Himself - Comedian
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1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1916, role: director
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1916, role: actor
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1916, role: director
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1916, role: actor , character name: The Hon. Bert Williams, walking delegate
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1916, role: producer
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1916, role: producer
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1916, role: writer
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1914, role: actor , character name: Himself - Comedian
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1910, role: actor , character name: Himself - Comedian
Williams, Bert Filmography
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1973, role: actor , character name: Aboriginal Drinker
Bert Williams
ALBUMS
- 1919-1922 His Final Releases released: 2001
- The Middle Years 1910-1918 released:
1919-1922 His Final Releases
Released 2001- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Oh Lawdy
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Bring Back Those Wonderful Days
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen It's Nobody's Business But My Own
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Elder Eatmore's Sermon On Generosity
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Elder Eatmore's Sermon On Throwing Stones
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'm Sorry I Ain't Got It
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Moon Shines on the Moonshines
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Checkers
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Somebody
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Ten Little Bottles
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Unlucky Blues
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Lonesome Alimony Blues
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Get Up
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Save a Little Dram for Me
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I Want to Know Where Tosti Went
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen You Can't Trust Nobody
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen You'll Never Need a Doctor No More
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen My Last Dollar
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'm Gonna Quit Saturday
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Brother Lowdown
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Unexpectedly
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Not Lately
The Middle Years 1910-1918
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'll Lend You Anything
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Something You Don't Expect
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Constantly
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Play That Barber-Shop Chord
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen You Can't Do Anything Till Martin Gets...
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen How? Fried
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen My Landlady
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Woodman, Spare That Tree
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Nobody
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Borrow From Me
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen On the Right Road
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I Certainly Was Going Some
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen You Can't Get Away from It
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Darktown Poker Club
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'm Neutral
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Everybody
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Indoor Sports
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Samuel
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Purpostus
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Never Mo'
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Lee Family
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I'm Gone Before I Go
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen No Place Like Home
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Twenty Years
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen When I Return
Born: 1874-11-12
Died: 1922-03-04
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Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)
"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906. -
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A Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movie
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released by The General Film Company. Williams directed and G. W. Bitzer, usually D. W. Griffith's cameraman, was the cinematographer. A still surviving film featuring Williams in his famous blackface routine. The most important thing about this film is that it features the great stage comedian Bert Williams (1874-1922) in one of his few motion picture appearances. There seems to be only one other survivor among his movies, a short comedy simply entitled FISH, which is very hard to find. Otherwise, for those interested in Bert Williams and in the early history of African-Americans on stage and screen, A NATURAL BORN GA... -
Fish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were A Natural Born Gambler (1916) and Fish (1916). Background from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/). In 1916, Bert produced, directed and starred in Fish, about a "boy" who spends hours digging for worms and wants to spend his afternoon fishing, but when he returns home for his pole he finds chores waiting. He sneaks out on the chores and goes fishing anyway. After he catches a big fish he tries to sell it to one of his neighbors, but the neighbor runs him off. The boy's family catches u... -
American Musical Bert Williams
Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University -
NOBODY by Bert Williams
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the first black superstar of Broadway. W.C. Fields once described him as “The funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew.” Being a black star in America at this time was a sobering contradiction. Bert Williams would appear to adoring standing room only audiences in theatres, but after the show would find it near impossible to be served in a bar or a restaurant. On one occasion, the sophisticated Mr. Williams went to a bar and asked for a whiskey on ice. The bartender said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars!” Williams, without flinching replied, “Then I’ll have four.” -
NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy! -
Bert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
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Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." Contrary to ... -
Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min). Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community. Clips and interviews with: Pat Rooney Mel Watkins June Taylor Carson Robinson's Pioneers The Duncan Sisters Eunice Wilson and the Five Racketeers Bobby Short Robert Townsend Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham Leonard Reed Stump and Stumpy Moms Mabley Ethel Waters Reed and Bryant June Havoc Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard) Eubie Blake Bert Williams Jack LaMaire Al Hirschfeld
Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)
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- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
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"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906.
"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906.
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"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a recording of Bert Williams (1874-1922) singing the song in 1906.
- published: 02 Mar 2013
- views: 73906
Bert Williams Famous Poker Routine
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- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 28 Dec 2014
- views: 1004
A Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movie
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- Duration: 22:06
- Updated: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 12771
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph...
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released by The General Film Company. Williams directed and G. W. Bitzer, usually D. W. Griffith's cameraman, was the cinematographer. A still surviving film featuring Williams in his famous blackface routine.
The most important thing about this film is that it features the great stage comedian Bert Williams (1874-1922) in one of his few motion picture appearances. There seems to be only one other survivor among his movies, a short comedy simply entitled FISH, which is very hard to find. Otherwise, for those interested in Bert Williams and in the early history of African-Americans on stage and screen, A NATURAL BORN GAMBLER is a milestone of sorts.
For what it's worth, it's not entirely accurate to refer to Bert Williams as "African-American," as he came from Nassau in the Bahamas, of African, Danish, and Spanish ancestry. He was a light-skinned man whose speech retained his West Indian accent, but he was compelled by the stage conventions of his day to darken his face with burnt cork makeup, and to speak in the thick patois of the American black-face minstrel; in fact, that's where his show business career began, in minstrelsy. But according to those who saw him perform (including my grandmother), Bert Williams was touched by genius, and brought a unique sensitivity, pathos, and dignity to his work that somehow transcended the degrading Sambo roles with which he found himself saddled. Williams belongs in the pantheon of great clowns, alongside Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Fanny Brice, etc. His phonograph recordings of comic monologues and droll songs, some of which he wrote, are still funny and worth seeking out.
Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams (November 12, 1874 -- March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world."
Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw -- and the saddest man I ever knew."
In 1910, Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." Gene Buck, who had discovered W. C. Fields in vaudeville and hired him for the Follies, wrote to a friend on the occasion of Fields' death: "Next to Bert Williams, Bill [Fields] was the greatest comic that ever lived."
In 1940, Duke Ellington composed and recorded "A Portrait of Bert Williams," a subtly crafted tribute. In 1978, in a memorable turn on a Boston Pops TV special, Ben Vereen performed a tribute to Williams, complete with appropriate makeup and attire, and reprising Williams' high-kick dance steps, to such classic vaudeville standards as "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee".
In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Bert Williams was named in his honor.
The 1980 Broadway musical Tintypes featured "I'm a Jonah Man", a song first popularized by Williams in 1903.
In 1996, Bert Williams was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.
The Archeophone label has collected and released all of Williams' extant recordings on three CDs.
Dancing in the Dark (2005) by Caryl Phillips is a novelization of the life of Bert Williams.
Resources: wikipedia.org, archive.org
New soundtrack and dubbing: CinemaHistoryChannel
Music: Kevin Mac Leod (incompetch.com) licensed under Creative Commons licence: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
wn.com/A Natural Born Gambler 1916 Bert Williams A Great Comedian And A Fine Silent Comedy Full Movie
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Broadway comic and singer Bert Williams. It was produced by the Biograph Company and released by The General Film Company. Williams directed and G. W. Bitzer, usually D. W. Griffith's cameraman, was the cinematographer. A still surviving film featuring Williams in his famous blackface routine.
The most important thing about this film is that it features the great stage comedian Bert Williams (1874-1922) in one of his few motion picture appearances. There seems to be only one other survivor among his movies, a short comedy simply entitled FISH, which is very hard to find. Otherwise, for those interested in Bert Williams and in the early history of African-Americans on stage and screen, A NATURAL BORN GAMBLER is a milestone of sorts.
For what it's worth, it's not entirely accurate to refer to Bert Williams as "African-American," as he came from Nassau in the Bahamas, of African, Danish, and Spanish ancestry. He was a light-skinned man whose speech retained his West Indian accent, but he was compelled by the stage conventions of his day to darken his face with burnt cork makeup, and to speak in the thick patois of the American black-face minstrel; in fact, that's where his show business career began, in minstrelsy. But according to those who saw him perform (including my grandmother), Bert Williams was touched by genius, and brought a unique sensitivity, pathos, and dignity to his work that somehow transcended the degrading Sambo roles with which he found himself saddled. Williams belongs in the pantheon of great clowns, alongside Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Fanny Brice, etc. His phonograph recordings of comic monologues and droll songs, some of which he wrote, are still funny and worth seeking out.
Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams (November 12, 1874 -- March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world."
Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw -- and the saddest man I ever knew."
In 1910, Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." Gene Buck, who had discovered W. C. Fields in vaudeville and hired him for the Follies, wrote to a friend on the occasion of Fields' death: "Next to Bert Williams, Bill [Fields] was the greatest comic that ever lived."
In 1940, Duke Ellington composed and recorded "A Portrait of Bert Williams," a subtly crafted tribute. In 1978, in a memorable turn on a Boston Pops TV special, Ben Vereen performed a tribute to Williams, complete with appropriate makeup and attire, and reprising Williams' high-kick dance steps, to such classic vaudeville standards as "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee".
In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Bert Williams was named in his honor.
The 1980 Broadway musical Tintypes featured "I'm a Jonah Man", a song first popularized by Williams in 1903.
In 1996, Bert Williams was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.
The Archeophone label has collected and released all of Williams' extant recordings on three CDs.
Dancing in the Dark (2005) by Caryl Phillips is a novelization of the life of Bert Williams.
Resources: wikipedia.org, archive.org
New soundtrack and dubbing: CinemaHistoryChannel
Music: Kevin Mac Leod (incompetch.com) licensed under Creative Commons licence: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 12771
Fish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
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- Duration: 8:29
- Updated: 07 Feb 2015
- views: 3417
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having fu...
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were A Natural Born Gambler (1916) and Fish (1916). Background from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/).
In 1916, Bert produced, directed and starred in Fish, about a "boy" who spends hours digging for worms and wants to spend his afternoon fishing, but when he returns home for his pole he finds chores waiting. He sneaks out on the chores and goes fishing anyway. After he catches a big fish he tries to sell it to one of his neighbors, but the neighbor runs him off. The boy's family catches up with him and drags him back to his chores. At 42, Bert's attempt to portray a "boy" was not well received. Bert was frustrated with the limitations of primitive cinema and Fish was his last film. Summary written by Blackface: Bert Williams (http://black-face.com/Bert-Williams.htm).
More Information:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Williams
wn.com/Fish (1916) Bert Williams Silent Film
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert Williams to star, produce, direct, and write his own films, having full control, the first time a Black-American ever had such control given by a mainstream movie company. The two films made for Biograph were A Natural Born Gambler (1916) and Fish (1916). Background from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/).
In 1916, Bert produced, directed and starred in Fish, about a "boy" who spends hours digging for worms and wants to spend his afternoon fishing, but when he returns home for his pole he finds chores waiting. He sneaks out on the chores and goes fishing anyway. After he catches a big fish he tries to sell it to one of his neighbors, but the neighbor runs him off. The boy's family catches up with him and drags him back to his chores. At 42, Bert's attempt to portray a "boy" was not well received. Bert was frustrated with the limitations of primitive cinema and Fish was his last film. Summary written by Blackface: Bert Williams (http://black-face.com/Bert-Williams.htm).
More Information:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279085/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Williams
- published: 07 Feb 2015
- views: 3417
American Musical Bert Williams
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- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 20 Sep 2015
- views: 847
Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University
Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University
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Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Musical class at Walsh University
- published: 20 Sep 2015
- views: 847
NOBODY by Bert Williams
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- Duration: 3:11
- Updated: 14 Jun 2015
- views: 1596
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the firs...
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the first black superstar of Broadway. W.C. Fields once described him as “The funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew.” Being a black star in America at this time was a sobering contradiction. Bert Williams would appear to adoring standing room only audiences in theatres, but after the show would find it near impossible to be served in a bar or a restaurant. On one occasion, the sophisticated Mr. Williams went to a bar and asked for a whiskey on ice. The bartender said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars!” Williams, without flinching replied, “Then I’ll have four.”
wn.com/Nobody By Bert Williams
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musical Director & Concept by WARREN WILLS. BERT WILLIAMS became the first black superstar of Broadway. W.C. Fields once described him as “The funniest man I ever saw - and the saddest man I ever knew.” Being a black star in America at this time was a sobering contradiction. Bert Williams would appear to adoring standing room only audiences in theatres, but after the show would find it near impossible to be served in a bar or a restaurant. On one occasion, the sophisticated Mr. Williams went to a bar and asked for a whiskey on ice. The bartender said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars!” Williams, without flinching replied, “Then I’ll have four.”
- published: 14 Jun 2015
- views: 1596
NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
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- Duration: 2:50
- Updated: 24 Mar 2009
- views: 40559
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy!
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy!
wn.com/Nobody By Bert Williams Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century performing a routine recorded in 1913. Enjoy!
- published: 24 Mar 2009
- views: 40559
Bert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
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- Duration: 3:29
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
- views: 3288
- published: 24 Jul 2013
- views: 3288
Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902
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- Duration: 2:17
- Updated: 20 Jan 2015
- views: 1921
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all au...
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." Contrary to occasional assertions that Antigua was Bert Williams' place of birth, the case for The Bahamas is now accepted by most scholars and biographers as irrefutable. The record is clear that Bert was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874 to Frederick Williams Jr. and his wife Julia (née Moncur), both of them natives of The Bahamas as well. This is verified by the Register of Births for St. Matthews Parish, Nassau, Bahamas (ref. entry # 24) showing November 12, 1874 at Nassau as the date and place of birth. Bert's Bahamian origins are also confirmed by the (1920) 14th Census of the United States in which the "actor" Bert Williams working in the "theatre", a resident of New York City, is described as a native of The Bahamas along with his mother, Julia Williams who was listed as living at the time of the Census with Bert and his wife, Lottie née Thompson.
Williams became one of Vaudeville's top solo artists, but he first gained notice as half of the successful double-act "Williams & Walker." He and George Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' schemes. However, they soon discovered that they got a better reaction by switching roles. The sharp-featured and slender Walker eventually developed a persona as a strutting dandy, while the stocky Williams played the languorous oaf. Despite his thickset physique, Williams was a master of body language and physical "stage business. A New York Times reviewer wrote, He holds a face for minutes at a time, seemingly, and when he alters it, brings a laugh by the least movement.
In 1899 Bert surprised his partner George Walker and his family when he announced he had recently married Charlotte ("Lottie") Thompson, a singer with whom he had worked professionally, in a very private ceremony. Lottie was a widow 8 years Bert's senior and a homebody, thus the match seemed odd to some who knew the gregarious and constantly traveling Williams, but all who knew them considered them a uniquely happy couple and the union lasted until his death. The Williamses never had children biologically but they adopted three of Lottie's nieces and frequently sheltered orphans and foster children in their homes.
Williams & Walker appeared in a succession of shows, including A Senegambian Carnival, A Lucky Coon, and The Policy Players. Their stars were on the ascent, but they still faced vivid reminders of the limits placed on them by white society. In August 1900, in New York City, hysterical rumors of a white detective having been shot by a black man erupted into an uncontained riot. Unaware of the street violence, Williams & Walker left their theater after a performance and parted ways. Williams headed off in a fortunate direction, but Walker was yanked from a streetcar by a white mob and was beaten.
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wn.com/Bert Williams George Walker Good Morning Carrie, 1902
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world." Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew." Contrary to occasional assertions that Antigua was Bert Williams' place of birth, the case for The Bahamas is now accepted by most scholars and biographers as irrefutable. The record is clear that Bert was born in Nassau, Bahamas on November 12, 1874 to Frederick Williams Jr. and his wife Julia (née Moncur), both of them natives of The Bahamas as well. This is verified by the Register of Births for St. Matthews Parish, Nassau, Bahamas (ref. entry # 24) showing November 12, 1874 at Nassau as the date and place of birth. Bert's Bahamian origins are also confirmed by the (1920) 14th Census of the United States in which the "actor" Bert Williams working in the "theatre", a resident of New York City, is described as a native of The Bahamas along with his mother, Julia Williams who was listed as living at the time of the Census with Bert and his wife, Lottie née Thompson.
Williams became one of Vaudeville's top solo artists, but he first gained notice as half of the successful double-act "Williams & Walker." He and George Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' schemes. However, they soon discovered that they got a better reaction by switching roles. The sharp-featured and slender Walker eventually developed a persona as a strutting dandy, while the stocky Williams played the languorous oaf. Despite his thickset physique, Williams was a master of body language and physical "stage business. A New York Times reviewer wrote, He holds a face for minutes at a time, seemingly, and when he alters it, brings a laugh by the least movement.
In 1899 Bert surprised his partner George Walker and his family when he announced he had recently married Charlotte ("Lottie") Thompson, a singer with whom he had worked professionally, in a very private ceremony. Lottie was a widow 8 years Bert's senior and a homebody, thus the match seemed odd to some who knew the gregarious and constantly traveling Williams, but all who knew them considered them a uniquely happy couple and the union lasted until his death. The Williamses never had children biologically but they adopted three of Lottie's nieces and frequently sheltered orphans and foster children in their homes.
Williams & Walker appeared in a succession of shows, including A Senegambian Carnival, A Lucky Coon, and The Policy Players. Their stars were on the ascent, but they still faced vivid reminders of the limits placed on them by white society. In August 1900, in New York City, hysterical rumors of a white detective having been shot by a black man erupted into an uncontained riot. Unaware of the street violence, Williams & Walker left their theater after a performance and parted ways. Williams headed off in a fortunate direction, but Walker was yanked from a streetcar by a white mob and was beaten.
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- published: 20 Jan 2015
- views: 1921
Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary
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- Duration: 19:55
- Updated: 30 May 2012
- views: 95179
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min).
Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to m...
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min).
Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community.
Clips and interviews with:
Pat Rooney
Mel Watkins
June Taylor
Carson Robinson's Pioneers
The Duncan Sisters
Eunice Wilson and the Five Racketeers
Bobby Short
Robert Townsend
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
Leonard Reed
Stump and Stumpy
Moms Mabley
Ethel Waters
Reed and Bryant
June Havoc
Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard)
Eubie Blake
Bert Williams
Jack LaMaire
Al Hirschfeld
wn.com/Blacks And Vaudeville Pbs Documentary
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min).
Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to more than 25,000 performers, and was the most popular form of entertainment in America. From the local small-town stage to New York's Palace Theater, vaudeville was an essential part of every community.
Clips and interviews with:
Pat Rooney
Mel Watkins
June Taylor
Carson Robinson's Pioneers
The Duncan Sisters
Eunice Wilson and the Five Racketeers
Bobby Short
Robert Townsend
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham
Leonard Reed
Stump and Stumpy
Moms Mabley
Ethel Waters
Reed and Bryant
June Havoc
Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard)
Eubie Blake
Bert Williams
Jack LaMaire
Al Hirschfeld
- published: 30 May 2012
- views: 95179
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A Natural Born Gambler (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses. Background from Internet Archives (http://archive.org/details/natural_born_gambler): In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born Gambler" and "Fish." While hardly a breakthrough in shattering racial stereotypes (Williams was required by the studio to wear "darkie" makeup), a black production with a black cast was unprecedented. The response was tepid and Williams did not appear in any movies after Fish. Gambler borrows from Williams' Vaudeville skits. It makes heavy use of stereotypes, e.g., stealing, cheating, minstrel speak, mainly for the amus... -
Interview with Bert Williams
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1916 A Natural Born Gambler [Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins]
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses. Cast Bert Williams ... The Hon. Bert Williams, Walking Delegate Wes Jenkins ... Brother Gardner Directed by Bert Williams Written by Bert Williams Produced by Bert Williams Details Country USA Release Date: July 24, 1916 Production Co: Biograph Company -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Slamz! w/ Thornn & Bert Williams 5/9/2003
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A Natural Born Gambler (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
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- Duration: 21:51
- Updated: 26 Mar 2012
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A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Background from Internet ...
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Background from Internet Archives (http://archive.org/details/natural_born_gambler):
In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born Gambler" and "Fish." While hardly a breakthrough in shattering racial stereotypes (Williams was required by the studio to wear "darkie" makeup), a black production with a black cast was unprecedented. The response was tepid and Williams did not appear in any movies after Fish.
Gambler borrows from Williams' Vaudeville skits. It makes heavy use of stereotypes, e.g., stealing, cheating, minstrel speak, mainly for the amusement of white audiences of the time. But Williams portrays a leadership role throughout, something unseen in black performances of that period.
Williams' character, "Bert", is unprincipled, but likable nonetheless. The delegate of his social club has a very distinguished role worth noting. When a well-dressed man from out of town visits Bert's watering hole with a wad of cash, Bert sees an opportunity and calls for a poker game.
The closing sequence, probably the most entertaining, is straight from Williams' stage act. Bert plays an imaginary card game in a skit Williams made famous on Vaudeville.
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A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Background from Internet Archives (http://archive.org/details/natural_born_gambler):
In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born Gambler" and "Fish." While hardly a breakthrough in shattering racial stereotypes (Williams was required by the studio to wear "darkie" makeup), a black production with a black cast was unprecedented. The response was tepid and Williams did not appear in any movies after Fish.
Gambler borrows from Williams' Vaudeville skits. It makes heavy use of stereotypes, e.g., stealing, cheating, minstrel speak, mainly for the amusement of white audiences of the time. But Williams portrays a leadership role throughout, something unseen in black performances of that period.
Williams' character, "Bert", is unprincipled, but likable nonetheless. The delegate of his social club has a very distinguished role worth noting. When a well-dressed man from out of town visits Bert's watering hole with a wad of cash, Bert sees an opportunity and calls for a poker game.
The closing sequence, probably the most entertaining, is straight from Williams' stage act. Bert plays an imaginary card game in a skit Williams made famous on Vaudeville.
More Information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139488/
- published: 26 Mar 2012
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Interview with Bert Williams
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- Duration: 30:08
- Updated: 18 Dec 2009
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- published: 18 Dec 2009
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1916 A Natural Born Gambler [Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins]
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A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Cast
Bert Williams ... Th...
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Cast
Bert Williams ... The Hon. Bert Williams, Walking Delegate
Wes Jenkins ... Brother Gardner
Directed by Bert Williams
Written by Bert Williams
Produced by Bert Williams
Details
Country USA
Release Date: July 24, 1916
Production Co: Biograph Company
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A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Cast
Bert Williams ... The Hon. Bert Williams, Walking Delegate
Wes Jenkins ... Brother Gardner
Directed by Bert Williams
Written by Bert Williams
Produced by Bert Williams
Details
Country USA
Release Date: July 24, 1916
Production Co: Biograph Company
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Slamz! w/ Thornn & Bert Williams 5/9/2003
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- Duration: 30:00
- Updated: 12 Feb 2014
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Myself and Thornn make an appearance on Slamz!, a half-hour public access talk show based in Bridgeport, CT from May 9th, 2003. Topics discussed include the dea...
Myself and Thornn make an appearance on Slamz!, a half-hour public access talk show based in Bridgeport, CT from May 9th, 2003. Topics discussed include the death of Miss Elizabeth, Thornn's longtime feud with Jimmy Deo, World of Hurt Wrestling, Tri-State Wrestling, the possiblity of WWE creating a new ECW and much more.
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Myself and Thornn make an appearance on Slamz!, a half-hour public access talk show based in Bridgeport, CT from May 9th, 2003. Topics discussed include the death of Miss Elizabeth, Thornn's longtime feud with Jimmy Deo, World of Hurt Wrestling, Tri-State Wrestling, the possiblity of WWE creating a new ECW and much more.
- published: 12 Feb 2014
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Bert Cooper v.s Carl "The Truth" Williams
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- Duration: 48:14
- Updated: 23 Sep 2014
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School Shooting Minecraft Debate #DramaAlert Sky Williams vs BurtGasm - Skydoesminecraft
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- Duration: 24:56
- Updated: 29 Nov 2015
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Bert Cooper - Derek Williams
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- Duration: 41:39
- Updated: 04 Feb 2014
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2015 Inside GMC Football - Navarro & Middle Georgia State University
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- Duration: 28:32
- Updated: 01 Sep 2015
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2014 Inside GMC Football College of DuPage Game 5
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- Duration: 27:33
- Updated: 03 Oct 2014
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Previously Unseen Interview with Bert Williams
Wolves Player visited Wolves and England goalkeeping legend, Bert Williams at his home back in 2010 ahead of his former team mates Roy Swinbourne and Jimmy Mullen being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Here, Bert reminisces about his time at Wolves, the famous win over Honved under the floodlights and the fantastic team spirit at the club. -
Reelblack Radio - Interview w/ Ron Magliozzi Curator of Bert Williams Restoration at MOMA
From January 8, 2016 episode of Reelblack Radio on WURD-AM's The Mojo. Stephanie Renee and Reelblack founder MIKE D. speak with RON MAGLIOZZI, Curator of Film at New York's Museum of Modern Art about the recent discovery and restoration of THE LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY, the earliest surviving all-black cast feature. Starring the Great BERT WILLIAMS, the film will screen nightly from January 13-January 19, 2016 at the Museum then make its debut on dvd later in the year. Visit http://www.moma.org/calendar/events/1686?locale=en for complete details. -
Bert Williams - Wolves Hall of Fame 2010
A tribute video to Wolves Hall of Fame 2010 inductee, Bert Williams. See more videos like this on Wolves Player at www.wolves.co.uk
Previously Unseen Interview with Bert Williams
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- Duration: 4:55
- Updated: 21 Jan 2014
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Wolves Player visited Wolves and England goalkeeping legend, Bert Williams at his home back in 2010 ahead of his former team mates Roy Swinbourne and Jimmy Mull...
Wolves Player visited Wolves and England goalkeeping legend, Bert Williams at his home back in 2010 ahead of his former team mates Roy Swinbourne and Jimmy Mullen being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Here, Bert reminisces about his time at Wolves, the famous win over Honved under the floodlights and the fantastic team spirit at the club.
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Wolves Player visited Wolves and England goalkeeping legend, Bert Williams at his home back in 2010 ahead of his former team mates Roy Swinbourne and Jimmy Mullen being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Here, Bert reminisces about his time at Wolves, the famous win over Honved under the floodlights and the fantastic team spirit at the club.
- published: 21 Jan 2014
- views: 3371
Reelblack Radio - Interview w/ Ron Magliozzi Curator of Bert Williams Restoration at MOMA
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- Duration: 14:15
- Updated: 12 Jan 2016
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From January 8, 2016 episode of Reelblack Radio on WURD-AM's The Mojo. Stephanie Renee and Reelblack founder MIKE D. speak with RON MAGLIOZZI, Curator of Film a...
From January 8, 2016 episode of Reelblack Radio on WURD-AM's The Mojo. Stephanie Renee and Reelblack founder MIKE D. speak with RON MAGLIOZZI, Curator of Film at New York's Museum of Modern Art about the recent discovery and restoration of THE LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY, the earliest surviving all-black cast feature. Starring the Great BERT WILLIAMS, the film will screen nightly from January 13-January 19, 2016 at the Museum then make its debut on dvd later in the year. Visit http://www.moma.org/calendar/events/1686?locale=en for complete details.
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From January 8, 2016 episode of Reelblack Radio on WURD-AM's The Mojo. Stephanie Renee and Reelblack founder MIKE D. speak with RON MAGLIOZZI, Curator of Film at New York's Museum of Modern Art about the recent discovery and restoration of THE LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY, the earliest surviving all-black cast feature. Starring the Great BERT WILLIAMS, the film will screen nightly from January 13-January 19, 2016 at the Museum then make its debut on dvd later in the year. Visit http://www.moma.org/calendar/events/1686?locale=en for complete details.
- published: 12 Jan 2016
- views: 636
Bert Williams - Wolves Hall of Fame 2010
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 20 Jan 2014
- views: 5459
A tribute video to Wolves Hall of Fame 2010 inductee, Bert Williams.
See more videos like this on Wolves Player at www.wolves.co.uk
A tribute video to Wolves Hall of Fame 2010 inductee, Bert Williams.
See more videos like this on Wolves Player at www.wolves.co.uk
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A tribute video to Wolves Hall of Fame 2010 inductee, Bert Williams.
See more videos like this on Wolves Player at www.wolves.co.uk
- published: 20 Jan 2014
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Nobody - Bert Williams (1906)
"Nobody" is a 1905 song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers. This is a r...
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Bert Williams Famous Poker Routine
Bert Williams from "Natural Born Gambler"
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A Natural Born Gambler -1916- Bert Williams -A great comedian and a fine silent comedy- Full movie
"A Natural Born Gambler" is a 1916 silent comedy, the first of only two films starring Br...
published: 22 Jan 2013
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Fish (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
In an unprecedented move for its day in 1915, Biograph Company executives hired actor Bert...
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American Musical Bert Williams
Video from Broadway: The American Musical about Bert Williams. Posted for my American Mus...
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NOBODY by Bert Williams
Featured in the hit musical "GENESIS TO BROADWAY" Written & Directed by FRANK HOWSON. Musi...
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NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
Fun little ditty by Bert Williams, famous black comic of the late 19th-early 20th century ...
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NOBODY by Bert Williams - Black Vaudeville Comic 1913
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Bert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
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Bert Williams and George Walker Final Presentation
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Bert Williams & George Walker - Good Morning Carrie, 1902
Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers ...
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Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary
PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min).
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A Natural Born Gambler (1916) - Bert Williams Silent Film
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playin...
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Interview with Bert Williams
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1916 A Natural Born Gambler [Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins]
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1916 A Natural Born Gambler [Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins]
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Slamz! w/ Thornn & Bert Williams 5/9/2003
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Bert Cooper v.s Carl "The Truth" Williams
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School Shooting Minecraft Debate #DramaAlert Sky Williams vs BurtGasm - Skydoesminecraft
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Bert Cooper - Derek Williams
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2015 Inside GMC Football - Navarro & Middle Georgia State University
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2015 Inside GMC Football - Navarro & Middle Georgia State University
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2014 Inside GMC Football College of DuPage Game 5
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Previously Unseen Interview with Bert Williams
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Reelblack Radio - Interview w/ Ron Magliozzi Curator of Bert Williams Restoration at MOMA
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Bert Williams - Wolves Hall of Fame 2010
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When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine
The Mahogany is dusty,
All the pipes are very rusty,
And the good, old-fashioned Musty,
Doesn't musty anymore.
All the stuff's got bum and bummer,
from the middle of the Summer.
Now the bar is on the hummer,
and "For Rent" is on the door.
How sad and still tonight,
by the old distillery,
And how the cob-webs cob,
on the old machinery.
But in the mountain tops,
far from the eyes of cops,
Oh how the moon shines on
the moonshine, so merrily!
Goodness me, how misery doubles,
Ain't one thing to use for bubbles,
Or to drive awy your troubles,
For the tide has gone and went.
Days and nights are getting bleaker,
shivering for an old-time sneaker,
Even water's getting weaker,
'Bout one tenth of one per cent.
How sad and still tonight,
by the old distillery,
And how the Monas moan,
at the Lager brewery.
So, mister, if you please,
Don't let nobody sneeze,
Up where the moon shines
On the moonshine, so sillily
photo: AP / Wally Santana
Taiwan mistakenly fires supersonic missile towards China
Edit The Times of India 01 Jul 2016
BEIJING. A Taiwanese warship on Friday "mistakenly" fired a supersonic "anti-ship missile" towards China as it celebrated 95th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party amid assertions by President Xi Jinping ruling out independence for Taiwan ... "The missile was launched by operational error ... "We firmly oppose the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities," Xi said at the ceremony ... Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App....
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What Gives Mr. Trump The Right To Make Promises On Behalf Of The Future?
Edit WorldNews.com 01 Jul 2016
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingPerhaps a more fundamental question than to why politicians change their positions on certain issues is what gives a person the right to make binding decisions on behalf of the future ... Indeed, what would the United States be like if politicians never changed their views on slavery, civil rights or economic policies that included more people ... (Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501....
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Inside Bashar al-Assad's Syrian jail, an Islamist prisoner talks of the regret for his killing
Edit The Independent 01 Jul 2016
Unlike his fellow prisoners, Hamoud Saleh Hamed does not wear leg shackles when he is pushed on a spanking new wheelchair into the Syrian prison governor’s guest room at the Mezze military jail. Impossible, since his trousered right stump and the missing lower half of his left leg mean that the 37-year old Saudi maths teacher from Mecca cannot escape by throwing himself from the second floor window ... ....
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How Australia turned its back on the world's refugee crisis
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(CNN)As the world works to resolve a major international refugee crisis, Australia just wants them to go away. At the recent World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to find new long-term solutions for refugees ... There are only a handful of signatories to the Refugee Convention in Southeast Asia, and Australia is one of them. Read More ... Refugees turned back at sea ... ....
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Tories plunged into civil war as Boris Johnson pulls out of race to become PM
Edit Belfast Telegraph 01 Jul 2016
The Conservative party has collapsed into accusations of betrayal and treachery as the party's first leadership contest in a decade gets under way. Tensions are high after Boris Johnson sensationally dropped out of the race at the first hurdle following a shock intervention against his leadership bid from Cabinet minister Michael Gove. Share Go To ... "He's ripped the Tory party apart ... THERESA MAY ... She said. “My pitch is very simple....
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Football: Five great football shocks
Edit The Times of India 27 Jun 2016
Nice, France, June 27, 2016 (AFP) -. Iceland's 2-1 victory over England in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Monday was one of the biggest upsets in the history of world football. Here are five other shocks.. USA 1 England 0 - 1950 World Cup ... In the 37th minute of the game in Belo Horizonte, England goalkeeper Bert Williams saved one shot but Joe Gaetjens somehow pushed the rebound into the net ... North Korea 1 Italy 0 - 1966 World Cup ... gj-tw/as....
Quill Theatre announces 2016-17 season of Shakespeare and more
Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 26 Jun 2016
The play by Jeremy Morris and Tawnya Pettiford-Wates is based on the life of vaudeville comedian Bert Williams and is the first ......
PART TWO | Flowers For England (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) Ltd)
Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (1986) Ltd). Today brings the second part of our coverage of an extensive video interview with Wolves' Vice-President Ron Flowers ... * ... As if reading our thoughts, he quickly lets out a hearty laugh. 'There's no way I'd fit it in now!' ... It was alongside Wolves team-mates Bert Williams, Billy Wright and Dennis Wilshaw that Flowers made his international bow, against France, in 1955 ... Yvonne laughs....
Artist and Filmmaker Edgar Arceneaux to Speak at Corcoran Graduation Ceremony (GWU Corcoran School of the Arts and Design)
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(Source. GWU Corcoran School of the Arts and Design) ... Beyond the studio, Arceneaux has collaborated with the U.S ... Last fall, Arceneaux received Performa 15's Malcolm McLaren Award for his first live work Until, Until, Until … , an examination of the infamous televised performance of Broadway legend Ben Vereen's homage to vaudeville performer Bert Williams during the 1981 inaugural celebration for President Ronald Reagan ... (noodl....
Cod almighty: the secret of Norway's monster fish bonanza
Edit The Guardian 25 Apr 2016
Climate change and human restraint appear to be behind the spectacular catches drawing anglers to the far north islands. Forty years ago, the wife of the editor at the local paper for the remote Lofoten islands in Norway’s far north had an idea to boost its tiny circulation ... Twitter ... Last month British pensioner Bert Williams reeled in a 42kg (93lb) animal, the largest ever caught by a Briton, further north up the coast at Sørøya ... ....
Cod almighty! Pensioner beats UK angling records with 93lb catch
Edit The Guardian 29 Mar 2016
So large was the 93lb fish that Bert Williams, 71, initially thought that he had a dolphin on the end of his line when he was fishing off the coast of Norway ... A day earlier, another person on the same trip, Williams’ friend, Paul Stevens, pulled in a cod of 84lbs. Williams soon bettered his friend’s ......
Anglers celebrate landing two of the biggest cod ever caught including a monster 93lb beast ...
Edit The Daily Mail 28 Mar 2016
Paul Stevens, 39, caught an incredible 83lb cod in the sea off the coast of Norway - but then his friend Bert Williams, 71, trumped his effort by catching a 93lb beast the following day ... ....
MedMined® Surveillance Advisor Wins 2015/2016 KLAS Category Leader Award (BD - Becton, Dickinson and Company)
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(Source. BD - Becton, Dickinson and Company). FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE ... 'We are honored that hospitals and infection prevention professionals have once again ranked MedMined Surveillance Advisor as the best technology for Infection Control and Monitoring,' said Bert Williams, vice president and general manager of MedMined Services for BD ... About BD ... About KLAS ... Contacts.....
MedMined® Surveillance Advisor Wins 2015/2016 KLAS Category Leader Award Marks sixth year in top spot for infection control and monitoring category
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE ... Software and Service report, based on customer feedback ... "We are honored that hospitals and infection prevention professionals have once again ranked MedMined Surveillance Advisor as the best technology for Infection Control and Monitoring," said Bert Williams, vice president and general manager of MedMined Services for BD ... About BD ... ....
Wolves All (Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd)
Edit Public Technologies 04 Mar 2016
(Source. Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Company (1986) Ltd). What It Means. originally Wulfruneheantun, Wolfrun's farmstead ... Why It's There ... Billy Wright, Bert Williams, Stan Cullis, Derek Dougan, John Richards, Steve Bull, and Sir Jack Hayward, the Steve Gibson of the Black Country, who put £70 million into the club over 17 years, but only got a single Premier League season out of it (but of course beat Typical Boro during it) ... (noodl....
8 Lessons to Apply to Your Life Based on the Case of Black Swan Records
Edit Huffington Post 10 Feb 2016
Black Swan Records was the first black owned record company. It was based in Harlem and founded in 1921 by Harry Herbert Pace ... DO SOMETHING ... By 1920, Bert Williams (Columbia Records) and Mamie Smith (Okeh Records) were the only black voices to be recorded by major companies ... Black Swan artists such as Ethel Waters, Fletcher Henderson, William Grant Still and others, went on to having much success in the music and entertainment industry ... ....
Rare historic silent film to play at Bromeley Family Theater (University of Pittsburgh at Bradford) ...
Edit Public Technologies 04 Feb 2016
(Source. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford). In 1913, Bert Williams, the premier black performer of his day, made a silent film in the Bronx, N.Y., with an entirely black cast. It didn't see the light of day until 2014, after the Museum of Modern Art found the film in its archives, printed and premiered it ... It will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 with a traditional silent film accompanist, Donald Sosin, providing the soundtrack ... Dr ... --30--....
Did a football fan shoot the ball to stop the opposition scoring?
Edit The Guardian 27 Jan 2016
Plus ... SHOT THE BALL ... It proved unsuccessful ... Twitter ... Only one gets close to satisfying your criteria, and that’s Bert Williams, who played for Wolves during the finest period in their history, winning the FA Cup in 1949 and the league title in 1954. Later that year Williams, who stood five feet and nine inches tall in his socks, played in goal when Wolves beat Honved 3-2 in one of the ‘floodlit friendlies’ that inspired the European Cup....
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