>in my quest for the perfect teaching musical, I've become obsessed with >BLACK AND TAN FANTASY, starring Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club >Orchestra. It's got this sort of amazing intersection of influences--part >Busby Berkeley, part German Expressionism.... But I'm wondering if anyone on the list knows anything >about the intended audience of these Paramount shorts? Were they developed >for white audiences interested in jazz culture? For black audiences? Were >they "preview" films or main events? Were they considered avante-garde >experiments or mainstream narrative films? > >Anyone? See Krin Gabbard's *Jammin' at the Margins* (1996): 160-68, 172, 175, 183, 203. Gloria Monti, so happy you are not teaching *Singin' in the Rain....* ______________________________ gloria monti film studies program, yale university 53 wall st., new haven, CT 06510 voice mail: 203-432-0152 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite