That's Black Entertainment Nicholas Brothers performer Davis, Sammy, Jr. performer Film 1990 Documentary on films produced by the underground black theater industry of the 1930s and 1940s, most of them featuring all black casts and targeted at black audiences across the nation. With appearances by notable black performers, popular themes, and the presence of blacks in news reports, illustrated by excerpts from many b&w films. Dance excerpts include: the Nicholas Brothers in "Pie-Pie Blackbird" (1932), Sammy Davis, Jr as a child performer in "Rufus Jones for President" (1933). This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957. Musical performers include Paul Robeson (in "Song of Freedom"), Bessie Smith ("St. Louis Blues"), Eubie Blake and the Nicholas Brothers ("Pie-Pie Blackbird"), Lena Horne ("Boogie Woogie Dream"), Nat "King" Cole ("Killer Diller"), Sammy Davis Jr. ("Rufus Jones for President"), Cab Calloway (Jitterbug Party"), and Ethel Waters ("Carib Gold"). Dramatic excerpts include "Murder in Harlem" (1935), "Juke Joint" (1947), and "Souls of Sin" (1949). Also included are clips from white films stereotyping blacks, including Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" and a blackfaced Bing Crosby in "Crooner's Holiday" (1934). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Sammy Davis Jr. (biography) loc.music.tdabio.72 Nicholas Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.144 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.633