CAPTAIN HENRY'S SHOWBOAT - 1933 With ANNETTE HANSHAW

[@RebeccaEstherG]

As a huge fan of Annette and the 20s/30s, I'm so grateful that you've uploaded this! Thanks.

[@registerednurse9217]

Apparently you have a hearing impairment. Did you hear Lanny Ross and Muriel Wilson singing? Now compare their singing to the noises made by that cow Annette. And then you dare talk about that fool Annette who couldn't sing if her life depended on it. Get a hearing aid.

[@liberte5847]

Outstanding historical archive ever. Merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍.

[@sandragailgoudelock1531]

Thank you so much posting!Such a fabulous treat!!

[@jackieh925]

I just love to envision my wonderful Grandparents at a very youthful age. They had a large family radio and my beloved Grandmom (FIESTY, fun and so lovable) would tell stories about Amos and Andy, The Shadow, George Burns and Gracie… etc I can see them now. Married, 18 years old and pregnant with my Mom, the year of this filming. I get a glimpse into what they had as top 10 hits! LOVE THIS 🥰❤️😇😇

[@jedemysurban3470]

Annette hanshaw was a american singer in the 1920's or in the 1930's she was talented though they look great.thank you for uploading it

[@williamschlenger1518]

Wonderful. I've always been a fan of Annette Hanshaw😍😍😍

[@gmmix]

Thank you for this great video. Much appreciated!

[@andrewc.2952]

I wish I could know why I am 31 but more like 91. I like old, old things; clothes, mannerisms, music, everything. When I hear old music, I choke up. I can't help it, it's like some part of me "misses it". I feel like I was there. My faith dictates I am not to believe in reincarnation but... why have I always been that way?

[@PotterPossum1989]

I'm the exact same way. You feel that way because your faith is wrong. Don't ever let religion get in the way of living your life for you. Your respective deity isn't going to smite you down. Try blaspheming them and see what happens. I'm still here.

[@angelamaria7634]

im 16 and I feel this way!

[@jamesmiller4184]

Verily, hope springs-eternal for at least a few of our younger ones! Yes. . : .

[@2idiot2animate28]

@@PotterPossum1989 God IS real u

[@2idiot2animate28]

@@PotterPossum1989 god is real

[@Micelli1947]

WHY can't we have these on TV now in these days??

[@rudolphcalvin]

maybe its the blackface

[@remyparaskovia5499]

@@rudolphcalvin yeah whatever

[@yullanvalor3380]

The white actors in make-up imitating blacks is inappropriate in these times - racist.

[@jackieh925]

@@yullanvalor3380 💯

[@danielthoman7324]

@@yullanvalor3380 didn't you know everything nowadays is racist, bonehead.

[@StevenTorrey]

Fascinating! Interesting to see the sound effects man in the video...

[@Lawh]

Apparently there was a word that was sort of naughty in this song and Annette didn't know it but people would show up just to hear her sing it.

[@cats0182]

From the looks of that studio, I assume this was filmed before NBC moved into it's Radio City Studios. Interesting to see this piece of radio history.

[@RayPointerChannel]

While there is the NBC reference, this would have been filmed at Paramount's Astoria Studio.

[@sallybowles2781]

She is SO SO adorable

[@sonnylapilotta1069]

Great look into the musical history of America. Love Annette Hanshaw.. The black face guys were funny as hell. The present PC police would hate it, but those were seemingly better days for America.

[@rocketaroo]

That's real entertainment. Thanks!

[@jadsi]

0:59 A legend was born

[@PotterPossum1989]

Excellent!

[@JakobVirgil]

Today the idea that HeeHaw is Minstrelsy sans cork came home for me.

[@RatPfink66]

A decaffeinated screen version of the hugely popular Maxwell House Show Boat program of 1931-'35. All that's missing is Capt. Henry - Charles Winninger, reprising his role as Capt. Andy in the original cast of Broadway's _Show Boat._ The featured songs were all hits of late 1932, suggesting that's when the shooting occurred. Kelvin Keech rings NBC's famous chimes by hand, something the real-life network stopped doing about that time, in favor of an electronic gismo. (In answer to a question - NBC was not yet broadcasting from Radio City. These may be the former flagship studios at 711 Fifth Avenue, or a soundstage recreation thereof.)

[@grantnaftel2342]

+RatPfink66 Fascinating info about the chimes, etc - Question: Looking at the 'trappings' (real door handles, lights, the chimes and the way he stops the last note from resonating too long), might this be from an actual broadcast / studio at WEAF? So much is 'recreated' in old clips and impossible to find genuine footage of any OTR broadcasts and studios. Any ideas? Please and Thanks!

[@jimdrake-writer]

The original radio broadcast took place on June 5, 1933, and followed the stage version of "Showboat" much more closely than this filmed version. The entire broadcast, complete with the original commercials, was preserved on aluminum air-check discs, and will be available on CDs in the near future.

[@jamesjasion5929]

RatPfink66 Part of the marketing that put this show across during the Great Depression was the 'homey comfort' Maxwell House percolating and Captain Henry pouring it. I think I read that in Studs Terkel's book about the Depression, "Hard Times."

[@ANTIGOSDISCOSMGK]

@@jimdrake-writer HAS THIS HAPPENED TO BE ISSUED COMMERCIALLY YET? POSTED ONLINE 12-10-2022 MICHAEL GERARD KIRSLING CHICAGO

[@jimdrake-writer]

@@ANTIGOSDISCOSMGK: No, and I doubt that it will be. Gus Haenschen conducted the radio premiere, and I donated the aluminum airchecks he gave me (which include the commercials) to the late William R. Moran for the first archive he created and funded for sound recordings at Stanford University, his alma mater. He had intended to issue the broadcast in LP form on the “StARS” label (Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound) which he also created-but he had a falling out with Stanford and created a new and much larger archive at USC-Santa Barbara, the Discography of American Historical Recordings, or DAHR, which is now online. But the airchecks are in the Stanford archive, and in the current socio-political environment I don’t envision Stanford releasing that broadcast in any form.

[@alexkije]

WOWSER! That tenor!

[@The_Klystron7]

This is great. !! I wonder how much money they made . probably a full time gig for them. Especially during the depression era.

[@brianlud]

great enjoyed thanks for upload

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting video

[@gustavoceballos5327]

0:58: NBC Chime “WEAF New York”

[@SantiagoRevecoLepeReborn]

0:59 NBC Chimes

[@alanH2000]

Just wanted to know if Don Voorhees is the same as Donald Voorhees who conducted the Bell Telephone Hour. Does anyone know? Thanks and very enjoyable!

[@rodrigoarayap1995]

Alan Haviside Yes, Voorhees started out as a pianist and leader of a dance band in the late 20s, but he worked exclusively for NBC between 1931 and 1968. He appeared on the "Bell Telephone Hour" for its entire 28-year run (1940-59 on radio, 1959-68 on TV).

[@jimdrake-writer]

Voorhees did not conduct the radio premiere, however. Gus Haenschen, director of musical programs for Frank and Anne Hummert’s “radio empire” and who employed Voorhees and several other conductors, felt that Voorhees wasn’t getting the most from the orchestra at the final rehearsal, and conducted the premiere himself, but insisted that Voorhees be credited for the program. When word leaked that Voorhees had been replaced, the Hummert organization issued a brief press release claiming that he had been taken ill at the last minute-but Voorhees told the press that he was “peeved” and would never conduct for a Haenschen program again.

[@fromthesidelines]

The 'MAXWELL HOUSE SHOW BOAT" was on NBC's Thursday night schedule at 9pm(et).

[@fromthesidelines]

However, Charles Winninger, who appeared as "Captain Henry" on the program, was unavailable to appear in this short.

[@Susquehanna80]

Molasses and January are wonderful

[@cezararmando5026]

Maravilhoso....bravo

[@alexkije]

This would set Minneapolis on fire today!

[@neville132bbk]

Remember the "Black and White Minstrel Show"...🇳🇿🌅

[@stepno]

For its 100 or so years as a form of entertainment, minstrel-show blacking-up was a racist "them and us" caricature, and the "humor" was sometimes overtly racist, mean and demeaning to black people. But this clip is a reminder that blackface (and dialect accent) was at times just a mask for comedians to wear while telling tall tales that had little or nothing to do with race or ethnicity, like these jokes about horse-racing. (I can imagine this routine done with stage-Irish accents just as well... which were also popular in defamatory comedy for a while.) Humans have done and continue to do strange things with "otherness." Thanks for sharing this slice of radio, theatre and movie history.

[@xXWorldgamefunXx]

The singer Al Jolson introduced african-american music to a white audience and fought against black discrimination on Broadway and that back in 1911, massive respect for this guy. He also used to wear blackface makeup, but as a way to give african-americans a face on tv /broadway. But these two comedians here, they are just being racist.. Now you can pull off jokes like this, but back then with all the racial segregation going on, no sorry.

[@xXWorldgamefunXx]

It's an interesting piece of history and I'm mostly here because of Annette Hanshaw, but please don't defend blackface makeup.

[@marywebb9127]

Thank you Bob Stepno 👍

[@MrRedOfSinope]

About everyone in the south talks like that

[@mathias369]

Racism was totally normal back then. No justification need. Cheers!

[@chantingmammal]

This features the first Ident made from NBC

[@CPorter]

What is the device that used to make the Chimes?

[@RatPfink66]

That's a Deagan Dinner Chime - Model 20, as it happens - which played the notes C, A, F. The deep tone was produced by a wooden resonator box. An announcer had to strike the notes manually, until 1932 when electronic chimes were put into use.

[@vap-chan]

Hanshaw's okay, but the real star is Lanny Ross.

[@waderaney7]

👍to 👀this 💎😀👋

[@jamesmiller4184]

Whoa! Whoa! STOP the music! Ain't we got some VERY un-PC blackface goin' on here? I can feel my offense and outrage transmitter building up power nicely, soon to melt-down! That necessarily said, Annette was a real sweetie, just as luscious in living B&W as she was (is) on her records. One sure hopes she had a better life and closure than did that other Twenties favorite lady of song, dear Vaughn de Leath. There should be bronze statues and medals of commemoration created for them both. . : .

[@Chris_yes]

the BLM idiots dont look at good shows like this, They look at harmless things like people's personal FB posts or pop songs of the 90s, You think they have the patience to look back that far lol

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@Chris_yes Yeah. How true, Chris. . : .

[@r.mcnally7811]

@Chis really thinks BLM advocates should to scrub through every piece of recorded media from 1888 to 2021 in search of racially insensitive content. He must be a genius.

[@JoeHarkinsHimself]

"a gloomy rrrrrrrromeoh"

[@piercejanecek1764]

Does anyone of you have a problem with blackface in this film.

[@OLD_SOUL1900]

😚😚😚😚

[@rewbe]

Its extremely unnerving to watch blackface actors. I get that it was normal back then but god, it feels so wrong.

[@Vic9994546]

Not the place for that negativity I hate when history is distorted with people who condemn it all for a mistake it’s ridiculous. Black people are not even the majority of minorities who are attacked it’s Hispanic peoples and Jews etc. it’s about how you react not necessarily the context I mean if you look at George Lopez his whole skit is being a stereotypical Mexican guy when he doesn’t really behave that way on his private time. Unless there are black people who were alive at that time arise now who were personally and directly inflicted than no one should be claiming and bandwagoning to black face in history and a lot of people including black peoples gag at white people and criticize them with the never ending and feeling sorry for yourself race card. Many black people have succeeded in every century look at Aretha, Hazel Scott, Ella, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and on and on because they succeeded for themselves not because they felt sorry for themselves and banded themselves into a basic race cult.

[@Hello-xo3sv]

@@Vic9994546 Hi Vic, My grandfather, mother, uncles, etc were alive when this type of content was around. No, it did not kill them to see it but it was very offensive, rude, and straight up racist to mock someone for their race. Mocking anyone for their race. I understand it was a skit and that it was shockingly acceptable but just because someone points it out ddoesn't mean they are pulling a race card. I know your comment was 2 years ago but I had to say something.

[@cromagprophet]

0:59

[@hillybill0073]

When America was great

[@boojum1769]

Jim Stark justabout there mah good ol' bwoi

[@veronicaalmeda8014]

When America was great, if you were the right race, the right religion, the right social status and of affluent family. I'm sure the coal miners would have disagreed with you as well as all the people struggling and starving because this was right after the Great Depression. There was nothing "great" about it.

[@marywebb9127]

Look at all the Snowflakes get offended 😆😅😂🤣

[@IlseBelievesInPink]

Nah, there was blackface, it wasn't so great.

[@MrRedOfSinope]

Ilse Garrocho Cortés it was not to mock blacks but to show support

[@ifkncantbelieveit]

Yea joe biden said if you are black and dont vote for him you ain't black, well i guess these guys will have to vote for joe, this is definitely a time peice, just amazing how joe Biden didnt change with the times.

[@vashawnwood3088]

As a black man…I’m so proud to see this, I love how our country treated us… BOY!!! And reading these comments let’s me know how things are going in the future 🚼

[@dlane002]

I still can't believe this was all mainstream and out in the open. I mean I love Annette Henshaw, but the blackface shit is gross and weird. Then on top of that the announcer was making glowing remarks about how lovely her pale skin was just after the blackface. It pretty much makes me sick, and like you eluded to, the future is up for grabs, but a lot of us have been having uncomfortable conversations and taking actions in order to make things better.

[@Vic9994546]

You need to stop bandwagoning yourself what do you mean as a black man what r u the black peoples in America representative? This was apart of history so don’t look at it if you don’t like it there’s plenty of blights in history regarding many people especially Hispanic people like me but it’s about the reaction really it’s not something to pull a Rosa Parks over. No one is entitled to a non problematic existence and people make mistakes just chill. I swear people like to feel like they’re apart of a movement find something more constructive to do with your time than feeling bad for yourself, it’s also a joke in this skit.

[@nataliep.9047]

@@dlane002 How the hell did you social justice mafia wackos even stumble upon this video in the first place just to ruin it for everybody else like you do with everything else you get your talons around the throat of? Go watch cop killer rap videos and put us all out of your misery.

[@omegamale7880]

4:16 Those old stereotypes! Why, I oughta pound you!

[@MrRedOfSinope]

OmegaMale in Kentucky that is how everyone speaks

[@Linasrecovery]

Zonknumber1 no lol

[@wilanderfan22]

Um blackface???!

[@dorothygale5896]

Yes, why not? It's classic minstrel.

[@EricBrownBey]

Dorothy Gale really

[@MrRedOfSinope]

wilanderfan22 it was to combat racism at the time not to mock but to show support

[@nataliep.9047]

I'm just here to read all of the tolerant and open-minded and enlightened comments from the so-called "progressives" who are taking a break from burning down Wendy's.

[@JozefSterkens]

***** !!!

[@noorclean2915]

Back when blackface in tv still rampant

[@registerednurse9217]

Starring LANNY ROSS and MURIEL WILSON with guest appearance by amateur no talent ham Annette... there I fixed it for you 😘

[@nataliep.9047]

Registered Nurse; One thing Annette wasn't was a ham. She didn't even like show business. As a musician, she was more of a cutey-pie jazz baby personality than a real singer per se, kind of like Helen Kane, only with more range. Ben Selvin wasn't blown away by here, either, and he A & R'd a lot of her Columbia sessions. But I guess you're just here to troll, so pasta la vista.

[@registerednurse9217]

@@nataliep.9047 Excuse me Helen Kane could actually sing. Don't you dare insult her by comparing her with an amateur.. That Hanshaw lunatic couldn't sing if her life depended on it. She was a low brow classless hick.

[@registerednurse9217]

@@nataliep.9047Listen to Helen Kane kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnzCq6SkZp58fLs sing and then compare it to the noises made by Hanshaw the clown and if you still think that cow can sing I suggest that you get a hearing aid.. 😉

[@vicroberts3080]

The blackface sketch is insanely cringe wow but the music is great

[@The.Renovator]

blackface was so fucking silly

[@sallybowles2781]

Ouch ouch blackface everywhere

[@DayHiker]

Can't get away with doing Blackface these days. Was wrong then just as it is now. Hey, someone had to go there and call it the way it is.

[@yolandaking3164]

What kind of racist minstrel show BS is this?!

[@nataliep.9047]

Yolanda King; The kind that was popular before cop killer rappers repackaged and renamed it.