Syncopation (1942)

Media (2)

Original title	Syncopation
Swedish release title	Syncopation
Distribution title	Mississippi Cafe (fragment visat som kortfilm) Det stora jazzkriget (fragment visat som kortfilm)
Working title	The Band Played On

Director	William Dieterle
Screenplay	Philip Yordan Frank Cavett
Producer	William Dieterle
Director of Photography	J. Roy Hunt
Choreography	Ernst Matray (ej krediterad)
Production Designer	Albert S. D'Agostino (as Albert D'Agostino) Alfred Herman (as Al Herman)
Film Editor	John Sturges
Production Mixer	Richard Van Hessen James G. Stewart
Assistant Director	Dewey Starkey John Pommer
Dialogue Coach	Peter Berneis Michael Audley
Special Effects	Vernon L. Walker
Story	Valentine Davies ("The Band Played On")
Associate Producer	Charles L. Glett
Special Photographic Effects	Russell Cully (bakgrundsfoto - ej krediterad)
Conductor	Leith Stevens
Choir Master	Hall Johnson
Orchestration	Dave Torbett (ej krediterad)
Set Decorator	Darrell Silvera
Costume Designer	Edward Stevenson
Other Crew	Douglas Travers (montage)

Adolphe Menjou	George Latimer
George Bancroft	Steve Porter
Todd Duncan	Rex Tearbone
Connie Boswell	som sig själv, kafésångerska
Ted North	Paul Porter
Frank Jenks	Smiley Jackson
Jessie Grayson	Ella Tearbone
Mona Barrie	Lillian
Lindy Wade	Paul Porter som barn
Peggy McIntyre	Kit Latimer som barn
Jackie Cooper	Johnny Schumacher
Bonita Granville	Kit Latimer
Charlie Barnet	som sig själv
Benny Goodman	som sig själv
Harry James	som sig själv
Jack Jenney (as Jack Jenny)	som sig själv
Gene Krupa	som sig själv
Alvino Rey	som sig själv
Joe Venuti	som sig själv
The Hall Johnson Choir	vokalensemble
-	Ej krediterade:
Charles Collins	Fred Freddy
Jack Thompson	Reggie Tearbone
Sherrill Luke	Reggies kamrat
Walter Baldwin	Tom Jones
Jeff Corey	Kits advokat
Rex Stewart	King Jeffers
Clinton Rosemond	professor Topeka
Frank McGlynn Sr.	Simon Goodwill
Edwin Stanley	Goodwills advokat
Thelma White	sångerskan på partyt
Martha Bamattre	polsk kvinna
Al Roberts	jonglör
James Clemens	dansare
Emory Parnell	domare
Frank Darien	domstolsbiträde
Madam Borget	jurykvinna
Billy Reed	berusad dansare
Charles Flynn	arméofficer
J. Louis Johnson	predikant
Ralph Dunn	polisofficer
Bill Lally	polisofficer
Sonny Bupp	tidningspojke
Mimi Doyle	Jacksons sekreterare
Eddie Hart	militärpolis
Lillian West	Ames sekreterare
Michael Audley	bartender
Tom Quinn	man i vakthuset
Jane Patten	flicka i marketenteriet
Robert Dudley	bartender
Dick Paxton	Joe
Sidney Miller	Herbert
Joe Brown Jr.	Bill
Jack Finch	Al
Joseph E. Bernard	gammal luffare
Reginald Barlow	tidningsläsande luffare
Bob Stebbins	springpojke
Frank Mills	taxichaufför
Mickey Simpson	polisen i klubbhuset
Joe Devlin	varuhusdetektiv
Spec O'Donnell	bud
Dudley Dickerson	musiker
Gordon Hart	Eddie
Armando	mannen i dansparet
Lita	kvinnan i dansparet
Leith Stevens	Ted Browning
Jerry Hausner	den skelögde
Gus Glassmire	inspektör på varuhuset
Ken Terrell	gangster
Eddie Dew	gangster
Max Wagner	gangster
Charles Sullivan	gangster
Sammy Stein	gangster
Jeanette Bradley	den skelögdes flicka
Rex Stewart	King Jeffers
Dolly Jarvis	Potters flicka
Francisco Maran	Mario
Charles Moore	Basin Streetinvånare
Hazel Boyne	kvinna
Louis Adlon	man
Jesse Graves	kyrkobesökare
Robert Benchley	Doakes (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Walter Catlett	Spelvin (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Maurice Cass	Archibald Travers (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
John Hamilton	Mr. Ames (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Hallene Hill	frälsningssoldat (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Earle Hodgins	slavauktionsutropare (bortklipp)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Hollis Jewell	ung luffare (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Effie Laird	kvinna i bokhandeln (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Robert McKenzie	bartender på partyt (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Gertrude Messinger	bruden (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
W.J. O'Brien	sjungande luffare (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Frank O'Connor	tågkonduktör (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Dewey Robinson	skurk (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
John Tettener	frälsningssoldat (bortklippt)		(bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Production Company	A William Dieterle Production
	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Copyright	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	1942-05-22	LP11371
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	RKO Radio Films AB	1943
	AB Wivefilm	1955
	Svensk Talfilms Distributionsbyrå AB	1955

Censorship number	93320
Date	1959-01-09
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	155 meters

Censorship number	87325
Date	1955-12-06
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2385 meters

Censorship number	65287
Date	1955-11-04
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2400 meters

Censorship number	65287
Date	1955-05-23
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2305 meters

Censorship number	69516
Date	1945-12-08
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	290 meters
Notes	(fragment med titeln "Smiley Jackson")

Censorship number	65287
Date	1943-01-11
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2210 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	RCA Sound System
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2412 meter
Length in minutes	88 min
Reels	9 reels
Dialogue	English
Textad	Swedish

			(jam sessionscenerna)	1942-02-23	1942-02-23
			(kompletteringar)	1941-12-17	1941-12-17
			(kompletteringar)	1941-12-11	1941-12-11
				1941-10-13	1941-12-05
Fox Movietone Studios	New York City, New York	USA	(jam sessionscenerna)

First showing	1942-05-22			USA	88 min
Release in Sweden	1943-01-25	Spegeln	Stockholm		81 min

Original title	Going Up the River
Composer	Leith Stevens	(1942)
Lyrics	Dave Torbett	(1942)

Original title	You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
Composer	Jimmy Monaco	(1913)
Lyrics	Joseph McCarthy	(1913)

Original title	Only Worry for a Pillow
Composer	Leith Stevens	(1942)

Original title	Chicago Ragtime
Composer	Leith Stevens	(1942)

Original title	Under a Falling Star
Composer	Leith Stevens	(1942)
Lyrics	Rich Hall	(1942)
Sung by	Connie Boswell

Original title	Slave Market
Composer	Hall Johnson
Lyrics	Hall Johnson
Sung by	The Hall Johnson Choir

Original title	American Rhapsodie
Composer	Leith Stevens	(1942)

Original title	Saint Louis Blues
Composer	W.C. Handy	(1914)
Lyrics	W.C. Handy	(1914)

Original title	Copenhagen
Composer	Charlie Davis	(1924)
Lyrics	Walter Melrose	(1924)

Original title	The Jazz Me-Blues
Composer	Tom Delaney	(1921)
Lyrics	Povel Ramel	(svensk text)
	Tom Delaney	(engelsk text 1921)

Original title	Sugar Foot Stomp
Composer	Louis Armstrong	(1923)
	Joe Oliver	(1923)
Lyrics	Walter Melrose

Original title	Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel
Sung by	The Hall Johnson Choir

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	310

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio