“Boogie-Woogie Dream” is a 1944 American short musical film directed by Hanus Burger. The film stars Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, and Teddy Wilson, showcasing their incredible musical talents. The story unfolds in a nightclub where the hired help have a late-night jam session, much to the delight of two lingering customers. The film is notable for its vibrant boogie-woogie piano performances and Lena Horne’s captivating vocals. It remains a significant piece in jazz history, offering a rare glimpse of Ammons and Johnson’s mastery of the boogie-woogie style.
Credits:
Director: Hanus Burger
Producer: Mark Marvin, Leslie Winik
Starring: Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson
Screenplay: Karl Farkas
Cinematography: Not specified
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Credits:
Director: Hanus Burger
Producer: Mark Marvin, Leslie Winik
Starring: Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson
Screenplay: Karl Farkas
Cinematography: Not specified
#BoogieWoogieDream1944 #LenaHorne #JazzHistory #ClassicHollywood
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00:30That's all for tonight, folks.
00:52Good night.
00:54Well, the band is good.
01:07But that wasn't what I was looking for.
01:19Oh Russell, I forgot I'd like to powder my nose.
02:24I wish they'd let me sing so low down blue.
02:33I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
02:39I swear I'd never, never wish anymore.
02:53I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
03:00I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
03:07I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
03:12I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
03:18I wish I didn't have to keep on polishing these glasses.
03:33Hey look, there goes Teddy Wilson and his band.
03:41Look at those guys. Boy, the door there must be copper.
03:46I'd wash all the glasses in the army if I could just sing once with that band.
03:51That is, if I had a new dress to sing in.
03:55And if they'd let me sing.
03:58And if Pete and I had two baby grands.
04:01And two tuxes.
04:03Say, while we're doing all this wishing, why don't we just wish we were entertaining in this cafe?
04:08Now, play me that piece. You know the one I mean. Boogie Woogie Dream.
04:15Boogie Woogie Dream
04:45Ladies and gentlemen, Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson, those two terrific pianists,
05:09are going to play their original composition called Boogie Woogie Dream.
05:15It has always been their greatest desire to play their music to a select society in a cafe like this.
05:39Boogie Woogie Dream
06:09Boogie Woogie Dream
06:36Boogie Woogie Dream
07:06Boogie Woogie Dream
07:36And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to sing a little number of my own.
07:41It's called Unlucky Woman, accompanied by, by...
07:47Helena, the band isn't here.
07:49Who said the band isn't here?
07:51By Teddy Wilson and his orchestra.
07:53Unlucky Woman
08:18I was born on a Friday
08:23Married on a Friday, too
08:32Yes, I was born on a Friday
08:38Married on a Friday, too
08:47Never had no bad luck
08:50No bad luck to the day that I met you
09:03Baby, I don't want no more lovin'
09:07No, I'd rather be all alone
09:11So when my payday comes around
09:14I call my money on my own
09:17Let me forget you, baby
09:22Just this is sad
09:30It's time you tried to find out
09:35I'm tired of playin' your front door mat
09:40I don't want no more excuses
09:44Say, I don't want no job
09:47Now, I don't want you, baby
09:51If you're the last man alive
09:55I learned my lesson
09:59I learned it just in time
10:05I learned it just in time
10:13Bad luck will never leave me
10:17Till I cross you off my mind
10:35Bad luck will never leave me
10:39Till I cross you off my mind
10:47Bad luck will never leave me
10:51Till I cross you off my mind
10:58Bad luck will never leave me
11:02Till I cross you off my mind
11:09Bad luck will never leave me
11:13Till I cross you off my mind
11:19Bad luck will never leave me
11:22Till I cross you off my mind
11:53Yes?
11:55Who?
11:56No.
11:58You must have the wrong number.
12:01No.
12:03No, there's no Mr. Weathercoop here.
12:06No.
12:07I told you already you must have the wrong number.
12:11This is a nightclub and we have been closed for hours.
12:16I told you there's no Mr. Weathercoop here.
12:20Hey, wait a minute.
12:23Yes, yes, of course we've been working.
12:27What?
12:29Seventy-five nickels?
12:32Well, you can be thankful there aren't more nightclubs in the city.
12:36Well, you might have tried the last one first, you know.
12:40What?
12:43Hello.
12:45What do you mean?
12:47What do you mean?
12:49We've been working all night.
12:52Of course we found what you're looking for.
12:55Of course!
12:57We'll be over at the studio right away.
13:01Hey there.
13:02Won't you like to come over to my office today for an audition?
13:48A woman will sweet talk
13:51Or give you the glad eye
13:54But when that sweet talk is done
13:59A woman's a two-faced
14:02Or worry something that'll leave you to sing
14:04The blues
14:07In the night
14:10Now the breeze will call and hear
14:13Hear the trees a-callin'
14:18My mama done told me
14:21Hear that lonesome whistle
14:24Blowing across the trestle
14:29My mama done told me
14:34A-clickin' and clackin' and echoing back
14:37The blues
14:40In the night
14:42The evening breeze will start
14:46The trees a-cryin'
14:49And the moon will lose its light
14:54When you get the blues
14:59In the night
15:04Take my word
15:07The mockingbird
15:10Will sing the saddest kind of song
15:15He knows things are wrong
15:20And he's right
15:24In the night
15:37From Natchez to Mobile
15:40From Memphis to St. Joe
15:43Wherever the four winds blow
15:46They blow everywhere
15:48I done been in some big town
15:50Yeah
15:51I done heard me some big talk
15:53Ah-ha
15:54But there is one thing I know
15:57Keep a-talkin'
15:59A woman's a two-faced
16:01Or worry something that'll leave you to sing
16:04The blues
16:06The blues
16:07In the night
16:09A woman will leave you singing the blues
16:13That's right, boys
16:15My mama was right
16:16The blues in the night
16:21The blues in the night
16:52The blues in the night
17:03Just because my hair is curly
17:07Just because my teeth are pretty
17:12Oh, just because I always wear a smile
17:17Like to dress up in the ladies' style
17:21Just because I'm glad I'm living free
17:26Takes all my trouble
17:28All with a smile
17:30Just because my color's shady
17:32Makes no difference, baby
17:34That's why they call me shiny
18:16The blues
18:17The blues
18:18The blues
18:19In the night
18:20A woman will leave you singing the blues
18:23That's right, boys
18:25My mama was right
18:27The blues in the night
18:29A woman will leave you singing the blues
18:33That's right, boys
18:35My mama was right
18:37The blues in the night
18:39The blues in the night
18:46The blues in the night
19:17Now I'll be
19:30Now I'll be
19:43Down to get you in a taxi, honey
19:47You better be ready, but I have to say
19:51Now, dearie, don't be late
19:54I wanna be there when the band starts playing
19:58Remember when we get there, honey
20:02The two steps, I'm gonna have them all
20:05I'm gonna dance off both of my shoes
20:09When they play the jelly roll blues
20:12Oh, tomorrow night
20:14At the lockdown spreaders' ball
20:17Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:18Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:20Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:21Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:22Ha-da-da
20:24Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:26Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:27Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:30Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:33Ba-dee-oo-dee-da
20:43Whoa, honk, look out
20:45Take your time, yes, sir
20:47What's the matter, man?
20:48You're losing your mind
20:49Take off, boy
20:50Ba-ba-doo dee ba, biz
20:53Biz, biz, biz, biz, biz
20:56Oh, what joy
20:57Oh, Babadoodle-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-
21:27Down, we'll dance until we win the prize for being just so fine, and that's a sign that you've been at Dr. Strutter's ball.
21:44No one to talk with, all by myself No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf
22:03Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you You fine rascal, you
22:09I know for certain the one I love I'm through with flirting, it's you that I'm thinking of
22:15Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you For you, just you
22:21Like Jack Horner in a corner, don't go nowhere What do I care, your kisses, my dear, are worth while waiting for
22:32Don't stay out late, ain't got no place to go I'm on my body, just me and my radio
22:39Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you
23:01Sweet apples and pink buttermilk, look what's going on here
23:18Come out of there, you rascal, you
23:32Take me, darling, take me to heaven
23:34No one to talk with, all by myself No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf
23:40Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you I know for certain the one I love
23:49I'm through with flirting, it's you that I'm thinking of
23:52Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you
23:58Like Jacky Horner in a corner, don't go nowhere What do I care, your kisses, my dear, are worth while waiting for
24:09Don't stay out late, ain't got no place to go I'm on my body, just me and my radio
24:17Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you
24:24Like Jacky Horner in a corner, don't go nowhere I don't care, your kisses, my dear, are worth waiting for
24:36Don't stay out late, ain't got no place to go I'm on my body, just me and my radio
24:43Hey, Mr. Havens, saving all my love for you
24:47Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
24:52Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
24:57Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
25:03Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
25:09Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
25:15Saving my love, baby Saving all my love for you
25:21Hey, where have you been all my life?
25:33Say, do you think I can take them keys for one of you girls there? Huh? What do you say?
25:38Well, all right then, baby, I'm with you, honey, what do you say?
25:41Come here, I want to tell you something
25:42Every honeybee feels jealousy when they see you out with me
25:46Don't blame them, goodness knows
25:48Honey, suckle rose
25:51When you're passing by, flowers droop and sigh
25:53And I know the reason why
25:55You're much sweeter, goodness knows
25:57Honey, suckle rose
25:59I don't buy sugar
26:02You just have to touch my cup
26:04You're my sugar
26:06So sweet when you stir it up
26:08When I'm taking those sips from your lips
26:10Does the honey drip?
26:12Mercy, perfection, goodness knows
26:15You, my honey, suckle rose, yeah
26:17Say, every honeybee feels jealousy when they see you out with me
26:21Don't blame them, goodness knows
26:24Honey, suckle rose
26:26When you're passing by, flowers droop and sigh
26:28And I know the reason why
26:30You're much sweeter, goodness knows
26:33Honey, suckle rose
26:35I don't buy sugar
26:37You just have to touch my cup
26:40You're my sugar
26:42So sweet when you stir it up
26:44When I'm taking those sips from your lips
26:46Does the honey drip?
26:48Compassion, goodness knows
26:50Honey, suckle rose
27:02Takes a sip from the lips
27:04Our compassion doesn't drip
27:06You're my baby, my sugar
27:08Honey, suckle rose
27:11Drive phones, E3arl crack them
27:17Drive phones not hear the word of the Lord
27:22E3earl connect it to them
27:28Drive phones, E3earl connect it to them
27:31Drive phones not hear the word of the Lord
27:34of the Lord.
27:35Well, your toe bone connected to you.
27:38Foot bone, your foot bone connected to you.
27:41Heel bone, your heel bone connected to you.
27:44Ankle bone, your ankle bone connected to you.
27:47Leg bone, your leg bone connected to you.
27:50Knee bone, your knee bone connected to you.
27:54Thigh bone, your thigh bone connected to you.
27:57Hip bone, your hip bone connected to you.
28:00Back bone, your back bone connected to you.
28:03Shoulder bone, your shoulder bone connected to you.
28:06Neck bone, your neck bone connected to you.
28:10Head bone, I hear the word of the Lord.
28:13Them bones, them bones gonna walk around.
28:17Them bones, them bones gonna walk around.
28:20Them bones, them bones gonna walk around.
28:23I hear the word of the Lord.
28:26Disconnect them bones, them dry bones.
28:29Disconnect them bones, them dry bones.
28:33Disconnect them bones, them dry bones.
28:36I hear the word of the Lord.
28:39Well, your hip bone connected from you.
28:41Neck bone, your neck bone connected from you.
28:44Shoulder bone, your shoulder bone connected from you.
28:48Back bone, your back bone connected from you.
28:51Hip bone, your hip bone connected from you.
28:54Thigh bone, your thigh bone connected from you.
28:57Knee bone, your knee bone connected from you.
29:01Leg bone, your leg bone connected from you.
29:04Ankle bone, your ankle bone connected from you.
29:07Heel bone, your heel bone connected from you.
29:10Foot bone, your foot bone connected from you.
29:13Toe bone, I hear the word of the Lord.
29:17Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:21Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:24Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:27I hear the word of the Lord.
29:31Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:34Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:37Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.
29:40I hear the word of the Lord.
29:44The Lord.
30:14♪
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32:53I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own.
33:00A doll that other fellows cannot see.
33:06And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes
33:12will have to flirt with dollies that are real.
33:18When I come home at night she will be waiting.
33:24She'll be the truest doll in all this world.
33:29I'd rather have a paper doll to call my own
33:35than have a fickle-minded, real-life girl.
33:41I guess you've played the doll game over and over.
33:47I guess you've had a million dolls or more.
33:53You just quarrel with Sue.
33:57That's why you're blue.
34:00She's gone away and left you just like all dolls do.
34:06I guess you know it's tough to be alone.
34:12And it's tough to love a doll that's not your bone.
34:18I'm through with all of it.
34:21I'll never bowl again.
34:23Say boy, whatcha gonna do?
34:28I'm going to buy a paper doll that I can call my own.
34:35A doll that other fellows cannot see.
34:40And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes
34:47will have to flirt with dollies that are real.
34:52When I come home at night she will be waiting.
34:58She'll be the truest doll in all this world.
35:03I'd rather have a paper doll to call my own
35:09than have a fickle-minded real-life girl.
35:39Out on the plain down near Santa Fe
35:50I met a cowboy riding the range one day.
35:54And as he jogged along I heard him singing
35:59the most peculiar cowboy song.
36:03He was a dead he, he learned in the city.
36:07Come a-tie, come a-tie up to the eye.
36:11Get along doggie, get along.
36:14You'd better be on your way.
36:17Get along.
36:19Get help little doggie.
36:21Then he trucked it on down the old fairway
36:25singing his cow-cow boogie in the strangest way.
36:29Come a-tie, come a-tie up to the eye.
36:33Singing his cowboy song.
36:35He's just too much.
36:37He's got a knock-dog western accent with a Harlem touch.
36:42He was raised on local weed.
36:46He's what you call a swing half-breed.
36:50Singing his cow-cow boogie in the strangest way.
36:54Come a-tie, come a-tie up to the eye.
37:06Yippee! Solid man, solid!
37:25Singing his cowboy song.
37:27He's just too much.
37:29He's got a knock-dog western accent with a Harlem touch.
37:34He was raised on local weed.
37:38He's what you call a swing half-breed.
37:42Singing his cow-cow boogie in the strangest way.
37:46Come a-tie, come a-tie up to the eye.
37:54Yippee!