- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Red Caps musical short Smash Your Baggage on Television / Red Caps [television/video]
- Title
- Red Caps musical short Smash Your Baggage on Television [Television/Video]
- Performers
- Caps, Red
- Wallace, Emmet Babe
- Williams, Rubberlegs
- Published/Created
- 1949-07-30
- Genre
- Television/Video
- Abstract
- Premiere date: July 30, 1949
Narrative: "The Redcaps' musical film short, Smash Your Baggage, is shown on television." In this fictional narrative the Red Caps perform tap routines while playing the sound score for the camera. The short features such tap numbers that include acrobatic movements like back flips, jump rope, and somersaults. "The group is currently appearing at the Club Martinique, Wildwood, NJ." - Source
- Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015