Bear Family Records Collection, 1933-1977

Collection Number: 20483

Collection Title: Bear Family Records Collection, 1933-1977

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Size	140 items
Abstract	The Bear Family Records Collection consists of audiovisual materials compiled by the German based independent record label, Bear Family Records. The collection primarily contains American country music materials, including vinyl test pressings of 78-rpm records, commercially produced 16mm motion picture films, and dubbed U-Matic videotapes. The 78-rpm records feature recordings by the Carter Family, Tex Owens, and Goebel Reeves, while the film and video consist of television shows, short subject films, musicals, and western films.
Creator	Bear Family Records (Firm)
Language	English

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Bear Family Records Collection #20483, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Bear Family Records in August 2013 (Acc. 101862) and January 2017 (Acc. 103022).

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Bear Family Records is a German based independent record label that was founded in 1975 by record producer and country music scholar, Richard Weize. The label specializes in reissues of archival material in a variety of formats and genres, including country, rock and roll, pop, blues, movie soundtracks, music television shows, concerts, and western films.

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The Bear Family Records Collection consists of audiovisual materials compiled by the German based independent record label, Bear Family Records. The collection primarily contains American country music materials, including vinyl test pressings of 78-rpm records, commercially produced 16mm motion picture films, and dubbed U-Matic videotapes. The 78-rpm records feature recordings by the Carter Family, Tex Owens, and Goebel Reeves, while the film and video consist of television shows, short subject films, musicals, and western films.

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1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938.
2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated.
3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated.

Expand/collapse Series 1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938.

53 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database. Associated release number listed beneath title.

Audiodisc 78-20483/1	Carter Family, "My Dixie Darling," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/1 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5240
Audiodisc 78-20483/2	Carter Family, "Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/2 78 rpm record Unreleased until Bear Family BCD15865
Audiodisc 78-20483/3	Carter Family, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/3 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5240
Audiodisc 78-20483/4	Carter Family, "The Last Move for Me," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/4 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5386
Audiodisc 78-20483/5	Carter Family, "Just Another Broken Heart," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/5 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5254
Audiodisc 78-20483/6	Carter Family, "There's No One Like Mother to Me," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/6 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5232
Audiodisc 78-20483/7	Carter Family, "Jealous Hearted Me," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/7 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5241
Audiodisc 78-20483/8	Carter Family, "My Native Home," 8 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/8 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5241
Audiodisc 78-20483/9	Carter Family, "In the Shadow of the Pines," 9 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/9 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5359
Audiodisc 78-20483/10	Carter Family, "Answer to Weeping Willow," 9 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/10 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5254
Audiodisc 78-20483/11	Carter Family, "You've Been a Friend to Me," 9 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/11 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5254
Audiodisc 78-20483/12	Carter Family, "Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way," 9 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/12 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5263
Audiodisc 78-20483/13	Carter Family, "Lay My Head Beneath the Rose," 9 June 1936 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/13 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5283
Audiodisc 78-20483/14	Carter Family, "Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You," 17 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/14 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5479
Audiodisc 78-20483/15	Carter Family, "Jim Blake's Message," 17 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/15 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5467
Audiodisc 78-20483/16	Carter Family, "Honey in the RockCarter Family," "Honey in the RockCarter Family," "Honey in the Rock," 17 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/16 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5452
Audiodisc 78-20483/17	Carter Family, "The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About)," 18 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/17 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5411
Audiodisc 78-20483/18	Carter Family, "Goodbye to the Plains," 18 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/18 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5532
Audiodisc 78-20483/19	Carter Family, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains," 18 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/19 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5532
Audiodisc 78-20483/20	Carter Family, "Dark Haired True Lover," 18 June 1937 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/20 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5447
Audiodisc 78-20483/21	Carter Family, "Happy in the Prison," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/21 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5579
Audiodisc 78-20483/22	Carter Family, "St. Regious Girl," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/22 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5649
Audiodisc 78-20483/23	Carter Family, "Bring Back My Boy," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/23 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5649
Audiodisc 78-20483/24	Carter Family, "It Is Better Farther On," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/24 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5692
Audiodisc 78-20483/25	Carter Family, "Charlie and Nellie," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/25 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5702
Audiodisc 78-20483/26	Carter Family, "Cuban Soldier," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/26 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5662
Audiodisc 78-20483/27	Carter Family, "Stern Old Bachelor," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/27 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5565
Audiodisc 78-20483/28	Carter Family, "Reckless Motorman," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/28 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5722
Audiodisc 78-20483/29	Carter Family, "You Denied Your Love," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/29 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5702
Audiodisc 78-20483/30	Carter Family, "Oh, Take Me Back," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/30 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5565
Audiodisc 78-20483/31	Carter Family, "You Are My Flower," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/31 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5692
Audiodisc 78-20483/32	Carter Family, "Who's That Knockin' on My Window," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/32 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5612
Audiodisc 78-20483/33	Carter Family, "They Call Her Mother," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/33 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5596
Audiodisc 78-20483/34	Carter Family, "Coal Miner's Blues," 8 June 1938 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/34 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5596
Audiodisc 78-20483/35	The Texas Rangers, "Dude Ranch Party" part 1, 27 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/35 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5022
Audiodisc 78-20483/36	Tex Owens, "Cattle Call," 28 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/36 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5015
Audiodisc 78-20483/37	Tex Owens, "Two Sweethearts," 28 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/37 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5187
Audiodisc 78-20483/38	Tex Owens, "Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair," 28 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/38 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5187
Audiodisc 78-20483/39	Tex Owens, "Pride of the Prairie," 28 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/39 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5015
Audiodisc 78-20483/40	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Cowboy's Lullaby," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/40 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5021
Audiodisc 78-20483/41	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Hobo's Lullaby," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/41 78 rpm record Original release: Champion 45181
Audiodisc 78-20483/42	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Drifter's Buddy (A True Story)," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/42 78 rpm record Original release: Champion 45181
Audiodisc 78-20483/43	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Cowboy's Prayer," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/43 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 25848
Audiodisc 78-20483/44	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Happy Days (I'll Never Leave Old Dixieland Again)," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/44 78 rpm record Original release: Decca (British) F5264
Audiodisc 78-20483/45	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Wayward Son," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/45 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 25768
Audiodisc 78-20483/46	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Reckless Tex," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/46 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5020
Audiodisc 78-20483/47	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Soldier's Return," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/47 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 25991
Audiodisc 78-20483/48	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Miss Jackson Tennessee," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/48 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 25991
Audiodisc 78-20483/49	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "My Mountain Girl," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/49 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 26018
Audiodisc 78-20483/50	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Cold and Hungry," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/50 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 26018
Audiodisc 78-20483/51	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "Meet Me At the Crossroads, Pal," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/51 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5021
Audiodisc 78-20483/52	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Yodelin' Teacher," 31 August 1934 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/52 78 rpm record Original release: Decca 5020
Audiodisc 78-20483/53	The Texas Drifter (Goebel Reeves), "The Kidnapped Baby," 14 January 1935 #20483, Series: "1. 78-rpm Vinyl Test Pressings, 1934-1938." 78-20483/53 78 rpm record Original release: Panachord 26042

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51 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database. Credits listed if known.

Film F-20483/1	California or Bust, 1941 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/1 16mm motion picture film 800 feet Directed by Lloyd French; Featuring Ray Whitley, Virginia Vale, and Glenn Strange
Film F-20483/2	Country Music Caravan #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/2 16mm motion picture film 1200 feet
Film F-20483/3	Country Music Caravan #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/3 16mm motion picture film 1200 feet
Film F-20483/4	Country Music Caravan #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/4 16mm motion picture film 1200 feet
Film F-20483/5	Country Music, Faron Young #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/5 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/6	Country Style, U.S.A. #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/6 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/7	Country Style, U.S.A. #15 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/7 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/8	Country Style, U.S.A. #16 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/8 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/9	Country Style, U.S.A. #20 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/9 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/10	Country Style, U.S.A. #21 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/10 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/11	Country Style, U.S.A. #26 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/11 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/12	Country Style, U.S.A. #27 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/12 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/13	Country Style, U.S.A. #29 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/13 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/14	Country Style, U.S.A. #29 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/14 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/15	Country Style, U.S.A., 1954, roll 4 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/15 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/16	Country Style, U.S.A., 1957-1977, reel 1 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/16 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/17	Country Style, U.S.A., 1960, reel 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/17 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/18	Country Style, U.S.A., reel 3 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/18 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/19	Cowboy Canteen, 1944: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/19 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Lew Landers; Featuring Roy Acuff and Jimmy Wakely
Film F-20483/20	Cowboy Canteen, 1944: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/20 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Lew Landers; Featuring Roy Acuff and Jimmy Wakely
Film F-20483/21	Deep South #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/21 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/22	Echo Ranch, "Red River Dance" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/22 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/23	The Fargo Phantom, 1950 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/23 16mm motion picture film 800 feet Directed by Will Cowan; Featuring Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins
Film F-20483/24	Feudin' Rhythm, 1949: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/24 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Produced by Colbert Clark; Directed by Edward Bernds; Featuring Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, and Kirby Grant
Film F-20483/25	Feudin' Rhythm, 1949: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/25 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Produced by Colbert Clark; Directed by Edward Bernds; Featuring Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, and Kirby Grant
Film F-20483/26	Grand Old Opry: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/26 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/27	Grand Old Opry: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/27 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/28	Grand Old Opry: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/28 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/29	Grand Old Opry: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/29 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet
Film F-20483/31	His Girl Friday, 1940: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/31 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Howard Hawks; Featuring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy
Film F-20483/32	His Girl Friday, 1940: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/32 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Howard Hawks; Featuring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy
Film F-20483/33	Hollywood Barn Dance, 1947 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/33 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Distributed by Screen Guild Productions; Directed by Bernard B. Ray; Featuring Ernest Tubb, Lori Talbott, and The Texas Troubadours
Film F-20483/34	Hollywood Barn Dance, 1947 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/34 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Distributed by Screen Guild Productions; Directed by Bernard B. Ray; Featuring Ernest Tubb, Lori Talbott, and The Texas Troubadours
Film F-20483/35	Home in San Antone, 1949: reel 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/35 16mm motion picture film 200 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Ray Nazarro; Featuring Roy Acuff, The Smoky Mountain Boys, and The Modernaires
Film F-20483/36	Ken Darby and the Kingsmen, "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/36 16mm motion picture film 600 feet
Film F-20483/37	Ken Darby and the Kingsmen, "My Old Kentucky Home" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/37 16mm motion picture film 600 feet
Film F-20483/38	Ken Darby and the Kingsmen, "Nelly Bly" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/38 16mm motion picture film 600 feet
Film F-20483/39	Ken Darby and the Kingsmen, "Old Dogtray" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/39 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/40	Ken Darby and the Kingsmen, "Oldfolks at Home" #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/40 16mm motion picture film 800 feet
Film F-20483/41	Kimberley Jim, 1963: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/41 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Emil Nofal; Featuring Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher, and Clive Parnell
Film F-20483/42	Kimberley Jim, 1963: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/42 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Emil Nofal; Featuring Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher, and Clive Parnell
Film F-20483/43	Night Train To Memphis, 1946: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/43 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Lesley Selander; Featuring Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, and Allan Lane
Film F-20483/44	Night Train To Memphis, 1946: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/44 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Lesley Selander; Featuring Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, and Allan Lane
Film F-20483/45	Nobody's Darlin, 1943: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/45 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Anthony Mann; Featuring Mary Lee, Louis Calhern, and Gladys George
Film F-20483/46	Nobody's Darlin, 1943: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/46 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Anthony Mann; Featuring Mary Lee, Louis Calhern, and Gladys George
Film F-20483/47	The Peco's Pistol, 1949 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/47 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Directed by Will Cowan; Featuring Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, and Deuce Spriggins
Film F-20483/48	Prairie Pirates, 1949 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/48 16mm motion picture film 400 feet Released by Universal Pictures; Directed by Will Cowan; Featuring Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, and Deuce Spriggins
Film F-20483/49	Smokey Mountain Melody, 1948: reel 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/49 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Ray Nazarro; Featuring Roy Acuff, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Russell Arms
Film F-20483/50	Smokey Mountain Melody, 1948: reel 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/50 16mm motion picture film 1600 feet Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.; Directed by Ray Nazarro; Featuring Roy Acuff, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Russell Arms
Film F-20483/51	Songs of the West, 1946 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/51 16mm motion picture film 400 feet Released by Castle Films, inc.; Featuring Carson Robinson and his Bucharoos, Dick Thomas, and Gus Van
Film F-20483/52	When It's Springtime in the Rockies, 1941 #20483, Series: "2. Film, 1940-1977 and undated." F-20483/52 16mm motion picture film 400 feet Originally distributed by Soundies Distributing Corporation of America; Featuring Carson Robinson and his Buckaroos

Expand/collapse Series 3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated.

51 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database.

Master videotape dubs created by Bear Family Records in the 1980s and 1990s. The date of the content ranges from the 1930s to 1950s.

Videotape VT-20483/1	6 Assorted Soundies, 1940s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/1 U-Matic Includes "At A Little Country Tavern," "Nothing But Romance," "Fandangled," "Little Lost Dog," "Apples Don't Grow on a Lilac Tree," and "Bonnie Annie Laurie"
Videotape VT-20483/2	9 Assorted B/W Soundies, 1940s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/2 U-Matic Includes "Take the A Train" (The Delta Rhythm Boys), "Your Feet's Too Big" (Fats Waller), "Take Me Back Baby" (Count Basie Orchestra), "Music with Spice, Oh Johnny" (Gertrude Niesen), "The Whistler's Mother-in-Law," "Take me Back to my Boots and Saddle," "El Rancho Grande," and "Love Turns Winter to Spring"
Videotape VT-20483/3	10 Assorted Soundies #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/3 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/4	11 Assorted Musical Shorts, 1950s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/4 U-Matic Includes "Barbara Allen," "Smonbrerita Mia," "Russian Revels," "Stormy Weather," "I'll be Walking with my Honey," "I Never Knew," "I'll See You In My Dreams," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "Moonlight Becomes You," "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," and "Johnny Reb"
Videotape VT-20483/5	11 Assorted Soundies #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/5 U-Matic Includes Johnny Messner in "Hit the Road and The Sunny Side of the Street," The Kind Sisters in "Divorce me C.O.D.," The Mills Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge in "Paper Doll," Carson Robinson and His Buckaroos in "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie," Dick Thomas in "Where the Mountains Meet the Sky," Gus Van in "I'm an Old Cowhand," "Dancing in a Harem," "At Your Service," John Beekman in "Delilah," and "Rhumba Amalia"
Videotape VT-20483/6	11 Western Soundies, 1940s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/6 U-Matic Includes "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prarie," "Texas Song," "When Payday Rolls Around," "Go West Young Man," "Strawberry Road," "Deep in the Heart of Texas," "Which Way Did They Go," "Tulsa Trot," "Thank You," "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded," and "I've Been Down in Texas"
Videotape VT-20483/7	12 Assorted Soundies #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/7 U-Matic Includes "At A Little Country Tavern," "Nothing But Romance," "Fandangled," "Little Lost Dog," "Apples Don't Grow on a Lilac Tree," and "Bonnie Annie Laurie"
Videotape VT-20483/8	15 Assorted Hillbilly and Western Songs, 1940s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/8 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/9	17 Soundies #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/9 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/10	21 Snader Telescriptions in B/W #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/10 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/11	76 Trombones, 1940-1948 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/11 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/12	Bob Wills Snader Telescript TV show, 1950-1951 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/12 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/13	The Caravan Trail, 1946 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/13 U-Matic Directed by Robert Emmett Tansey; Featuring Eddie Dean, Lash La Rue, and Emmett Lynn
Videotape VT-20483/14	Footlight Varieties, 1951 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/14 U-Matic Includes "Confidence" (directed by D.W. Griffith), "Radio City Revels" (directed by Benjamin Stoloff), and "He Forgot to Remember"
Videotape VT-20483/15	I'll Be Suing You, 1934; A Bundle of Blues, 1933 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/15 U-Matic I'll Be Suing You released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), directed by Gus Meins, and featuring Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, and Benny Baker; A Bundle of Blues released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Waller, and featuring Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, and Florence Hill
Videotape VT-20483/16	Jimmy Wakely's Jamboree, 1954 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/16 U-Matic Directed by Will Cowan; Featuring Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, and Noel Boggs
Videotape VT-20483/17	Kingdom of the Sea, "Playground by the Sea" #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/17 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/18	Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town, 1950: tape 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/18 U-Matic Released by Universal Pictures; Directed by Charles Lamont; Featuring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, and Richard Long
Videotape VT-20483/19	Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town, 1950: tape 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/19 U-Matic Released by Universal Pictures; Directed by Charles Lamont; Featuring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, and Richard Long
Videotape VT-20483/20	Maids and Music #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/20 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/21	Mississippi Rhythm, 1949 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/21 U-Matic Directed by Derwin Abrahams; Featuring Jimmie Davis, Veda Ann Borg, and Lee "Lasses" White
Videotape VT-20483/37	Reap the Harvest #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/37 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/22	Red Nichols: 5 Soundies; Bob Wills: 6 Soundies. 1950s #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/22 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/23	Riverboat Rhythm, 1946: tape 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/23 U-Matic Released by RKO Radio Pictures; Directed by Leslie Goodwins; Featuring Leon Errol, Glen Vernon, and Walter Catlett
Videotape VT-20483/24	Riverboat Rhythm, 1946: tape 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/24 U-Matic Released by RKO Radio Pictures; Directed by Leslie Goodwins; Featuring Leon Errol, Glen Vernon, and Walter Catlett
Videotape VT-20483/25	San Antone Ambush, 1949 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/25 U-Matic Directed by Philip Ford; Featuring Monte Hale, Bette Daniels, and Paul Hurst
Videotape VT-20483/26	The Singing Cowboys or The Happy Ranch Boys, 1933 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/26 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/27	Songs of the West #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/27 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/28	Soundies: "Delta Rhythm Boys Fats Waller and Count Basie", "Brideless Groom," and "Three Stooges" #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/28 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/29	Southward Ho!, 1939 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/29 U-Matic Directed by Joseph Kane; Featuring Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, and George "Gabby" Hayes
Videotape VT-20483/30	Spike Jones and His City Slickers #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/30 U-Matic
Videotape VT-20483/31	Strictly in the Groove, 1942 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/31 U-Matic Directed by Vernon Keays; Featuring Mary Healy, Leon Errol, and Richard Davies
Videotape VT-20483/32	Strictly in the Groove, 1942 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/32 U-Matic Directed by Vernon Keays; Featuring Mary Healy, Leon Errol, and Richard Davies
Videotape VT-20483/33	Three in the Saddle, 1945 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/33 U-Matic Directed by Harry L. Fraser; Featuring Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, and Guy Wilkerson
Videotape VT-20483/34	The Tim McCoy television show plus 10 film clips, 1950 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/34 U-Matic Includes film clips of Jim Newill, Gene Autry, Phil Harris, The Milo Twins, Tex Ritter, Buster Crabbe, and Shirley Temple
Videotape VT-20483/35	Under California Stars, 1948: tape 1 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/35 U-Matic Directed by William Witney; Featuring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Jane Frazee
Videotape VT-20483/36	Under California Stars, 1948: tape 2 of 2 #20483, Series: "3. Video, 1933-1954 and undated." VT-20483/36 U-Matic Directed by William Witney; Featuring Roy Rogers, Trigger, and Jane Frazee

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Processed by: Asia Harman, March 2017

Encoded by: Anne Wells, March 2017

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2020

Archival processing of the Bear Family Records Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Collection Number: 20483 Collection Title: Bear Family Records Collection, 1933-1977

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Collection Number: 20483

Collection Title: Bear Family Records Collection, 1933-1977