Leonard Anderson

Leonard Anderson was an American film editor and film director, and he co-owned a film production company. Anderson's short films of African-American musical acts include footage of Anna Mae Winburn with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm,[1] Lucky Millinder and his orchestra,[2] and Henri Woode.

Around late 1948, he founded the Video Varieties Corp., a film production company with George Goman, which was a predecessor to the West Coast Sound Studios.[3][4] In late 1948, Anderson directed a series of short films for the band the Adrian Rollini Trio (Adrian Rollini, George Hnida, and Allan Hanlon).[5] He edited the popular television show The Honeymooners in the 1950s.[6]

Filmography

Director

• Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra (1946).
• Adventure (1946)
• Big Fat Mamas (1946), a "Soundie" cut from the film Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra[7]
• Runaway (1946)
• Hello Bill (1946)[2]
• I Cried for You (1946)
• I Want a Man (1946)
• I Want to Talk About You (1946)
• Love in Syncopation (1946)[8]
• That Man of Mine (1946)
• Jump Children (1946), featuring the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
• Lonesome Lover Blues (1946)
• Mistletoe (1946)
• She's Crazy with Heat (1946)
• That Man of Mine (1946)
• You Call it Madness (1946)[9]
• Hello Bill (1946), produced by William D. Alexander[10] one of three soundies cut from Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra[2]
• Jivin' in Be-Bop (1947)
• Harlem Dynamite, a 30-minute short edited from the feature Jivin' in Be-Bop
• Rhythm in a Riff (1947)
• I Want to Talk About You, a 30-minute short edited from Rhythm in a Riff[11]
• Lonesome Road Blues (1949), soundie of Shorty Warren and his cowboy orchestra[12]
• Lonsesome Lover Blues, excerpted from Rhythm in a Riff[13]

Editor

• Whispering City (1947)[14]^[better source needed]
• Reet, Petite and Gone (1947)
• Lamp Post Favorites (1948)[15]
• Citizen Saint, a Catholic documentary
• Singing in the Dark (1956), about a Holocaust surviving singer in New York City who has amnesia

References

1. McGee, Kristin A. (2011-07-21). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6967-7.
2. "HELLO BILL Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
3. "Celluloid Improvisations". www.jazz-on-film.com.
4. Televiser. Vol. 5–6. Television Publications. 1949. p. 25.
5. Delden, Ate van (2019-11-29). Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-4968-2517-9.
6. "U-M Library Search". search.lib.umich.edu.
7. "BIG FAT MAMAS Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
8. "Celluloid Improvisations ♫ LEARN". www.jazz-on-film.com.
9. Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
10. Clear, Rebecca D. (August 23, 1993). Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9780788114366 – via Google Books.
11. "I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
12. Hurst, Walter E. (August 23, 1989). Film Superlist: 1940-1949. Hollywood Film Archive. ISBN 9780913616277 – via Google Books.
13. Clear, Rebecca D. (November 28, 1993). Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9780788114366 – via Google Books.
14. Reid, John Howard (September 1, 2009). Mystery, Suspense, Film Noir and Detective Movies on DVD: A Guide to the Best in Cinema Thrills. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557122233 – via Google Books.
15. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 23, 1948). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.

External links

• Leonard Anderson at IMDb