Jack Benny leads a group of entertainers in New Guinea during WWII
Title card: "New Guinea - Jack Benny & Troupe Give Front Line Show" / Larry Adler, Carole Landis, Jack Benny and Martha Tilton are greeted by Capt. Lanny Ross / pan of large crowd of servicemen with a stage in the distance (two men in a tree) / VS seen from the rear, Jack Benny blows a kiss to the troops; he speaks on a microphone holding a cigar; men in audience applaud; he plays a violin, and leans over to pick up pennies thrown on stage; two soldiers laughing, applauding / Carole Landis dances an energetic jitterbug (men cut in) / men in crowd / an obviously tired Landis with soldiers and a sailor / Benny and Landis in an embrace, she strokes his face; seen from rear, Landis goes limp in the Benny embrace, and a soldier with a sidearm swoops in to "save" her / Note: exact day not known; film has nitrate deterioration
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DETAILS
Editorial #:
638252822
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
September 01, 1944
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:33:02
Location:
Papua New Guinea
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002225_03_01.mov
- Jack Benny - Comedian,
- Sketch Comedy,
- 1940-1949,
- Applauding,
- Archival,
- Black And White,
- Carole Landis,
- Coin,
- Conflict,
- Dancing,
- Documentary Footage,
- Film - Moving Image,
- HD Format,
- Humor,
- Laughing,
- Newsreel,
- Papua New Guinea,
- Performance,
- Performer,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Spectator,
- Swing Dancing,
- US Military,
- USO,
- Violin,
- World War II,