African Americans in Entertainment made in 1950 by Chesterfield Cigarettes.

This black & white educational film is about African Americans in Entertainment and this was made in 1950 by Chesterfield Cigarettes. Opening titles: Liggett & Myers, makers of Chesterfield present: The Negro in Entertainment (:08-:35). Shots of Frederick Patterson, president Tuskegee Institute, Rev. Marshal Shepherd, Recorder of Deeds in Philadelphia, PA., William J. Trent, Jr., executive director of the United Negro College Fund, Willard S. Townsend, International President of the United Transport Service Employees, C.C. Spaulding, President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press (:36-1:05). Claude Barnett introduces the Negro in Entertainment. He then introduces Bill Nunn, managing editor of the Pittsburgh Carrier, and Etta Moten, an actress. The ’Father of the Blues’ William Christopher Handy aka W.C. Handy is shown laughing and playing a piano. Stills of: Williams & Walker, Florence Mills, The Mills Brothers,