1934 - USA, Short Fiction: Bubbling Over Pt. 1 of 2

1934 - USA, Short Fiction: Race Film Main title. 18:31:26 CU sign ‘Harlem Apartments’; sign on door ‘Samson Peabody - Janitor; Ethel - Ass’t.’; pan to CU Ethel’s feet while she sweeps floor. Various residents interrupt w/ complaints. Ethel (Ethel Waters) out to back yard where lazy husband asleep in hammock - sings “Takin’ Your Time” at him w/ hands on hips; woman w/ baby comes along. Ethel takes safety pin & jabs Samson with it - still doesn’t wake up - neighbor checks his eyelids, “Maybe he dead”. 18:34:50 Ethel shouts “lunch is served” to waken him up. Samson jumps out of hammock & into house followed by Ethel. INT Ethel & Samson argue about laziness of his family - various family members slumped about living room; “Bunch of good for nothing loafers the whole lot of them, living off the fat heads of the land...” Cousin Joe arrives w/ three others - Ethel: “ain’t you got nothing but relations? Ain’t you got no friends?” 18:37:04 Four men (Southernaires Quartet) start singing in barbershop quartet style - “Hang Your Hat in a Harlem Flat” - ask where their bedrooms are, for breakfast in bed etc. Ethel asks what they did for a living before; “We was travelin’ men” - “Travelin’? Well I’m going to see you pick up where you left off” 18:38:44 Ethel throws them out into the corridor. Throws down apron. Ethel in kitchen washing clothes in sink - sings “Darkies Never Dream”. MCU. Continued... Blacks; Ghetto; Poverty; Racism; Blues; Spiritual; Gags; Race Films; Segregation; Slums; Harlem Community; Stereotypes; Vocal Group; Musical Two-Reeler; 1930s; Ethnic Singers; NOTE: Clearance of any music rights is responsibility of client.