Structured entries
- INCOMPARABLE NAT KING COLE
Clips from his 1956-7 series.
- UNFORGETTABLE, WITH LOVE
3/7/92
Natalie Cole (pictured) brings lush life to the classic songs of her father, Nat King Cole, in a concert filmed in January. The program: "The Very Thought of You"; "This Can't Be Love"; "Paper Moon"; "Mona Lisa"; "Lush Life"; "Almost Like Being in Love"; a Nat Cole Trio salute ("Route 66," "This Will Make You Laugh," "Straighten Up & Fly Right"); "The Song Is Ended"; "Smile"; "That Sunday, That Summer"; "Orange Colored Sky"; a medley of "Tenderly," "For Sentimental Reasons" and "Autumn Leaves"; "Thou Swell"; "Unforgettable" (a "duet" with Nat); and "Avalon." (60 min.)
- NAT KING COLE - Series
(1956)
w/ Margaret Whiting; Tony Martin; Gogi Grant; Tony Bennett
(BW)
- FRED WARING'S AMERICA
(BW) Songs written about music.
- NAT KING COLE - Series
w/ Norman Granz; Peggy King & Cornell Wilde; Betty Hutton; The Mills Brothers; Billy Eckstine
(BW)
1327B
“1327b”
right column
- THE GREEN PASTURES
(1936)
w/ Rex Ingram & Eddie Anderson
(BW)
- MINSTREL MAN
(1977)
w/ Stanley Clay & Ted Ross
- 'STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
(1992)
Harlem nights, Park Avenue dreams. The central characters in this 1992 TV-movie are four young black women, who, in 1939, share an apartment and visions of a better life. By day, they hold down menial jobs, but at night they put on the ritz and escape to the Savoy Ballroom in upper Manhattan. There, the women forge relationships that foster their romantic longings and vaulting ambitions. Directed by Debbie Allen, who has a small role as a prostitute named Estelle. (2 hrs.) Cast Esther Lynn Whitfield; Pauline Vanessa Williams; Alice Jasmine Guy; Walter Mario Van Peebles; Dorothy Vanessa Bell Calloway; Calvin Michael Warren; Ernest Darnell Williams; Bill John Di Aquino; Ella Fitzgerald Dawn Lewis
- OPRAH: Real story of Malcolm X
12/3/92
- Am. History: Slaves
1/30/93
- Ins. Edition: James Earl Ray
1/30/93
- BLACK HISTORY 101
5/18/95
(9)
1327C
“1327c”
right column
- MALCOLM X
w/ Denzel Washington
- Review of: MALCOLM X
- AM. EXPERIENCE: Malcolm X; Make It Plain
1/26/94
- JAY LENO: Intv. Spike Lee
5/16/94
- AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: SIMPLE JUSTICE
1/18/93
American Experience presents its first docudrama, "Simple Justice," the stirring story of Thurgood Marshall (Peter Francis James) and his efforts to desegregate public schools—which resulted in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. 8 PM 7
- AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: THE MEETING
5/3/89
w/ Jason Bernard & Dick Anthony Williams
(Depicts a hypothetical encounter between Martin Luther King & Malcolm X in 1965)
- Thurgood Marshall's death
1/24/91
- UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: New evidence of a Govt. cover-up in the 1968 assassination of Martin L. KING
3/31/93
- THE VERNON JOHNS STORY
1/17/94
w/ James Earl Jones (Pastor preceding Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- ASSASINATIONS: BETRAYAL: MALCOLM (Little) & Elijah Muhamad
11/26/96
Transcription (raw)
## HEADING: HISTORICAL NEGROES
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1327. INCOMPARABLE NAT KING COLE:
Clips from his 1956-7 series.
UNFORGETTABLE, WITH LOVE:
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up
GREAT
PERFORMANCES
9:30 PM 11
3/7/92
UNFORGETTABLE,
WITH LOVE
Natalie Cole (pictured) brings lush life to the clas-
sic songs of her father, Nat King Cole, in a con-
cert filmed in January. The program: "The Very
Thought of You"; "This Can't Be Love"; "Paper
Moon"; "Mona Lisa"; "Lush Life"; "Almost Like
Being in Love"; a Nat Cole Trio salute ("Route
66," "This Will Make You Laugh," "Straighten
Up & Fly Right"); "The Song Is Ended"; "Smile";
"That Sunday, That Summer"; "Orange Colored
Sky"; a medley of "Tenderly," "For Sentimental
Reasons" and "Autumn Leaves"; "Thou Swell";
"Unforgettable" (a "duet" with Nat); and "Ava-
lon." (60 min.)
Q Seeing Natalie Cole sing "with" her dad made me
wonder: did Nat King Cole ever have a TV show?
-N.S., Detroit
A In 1956, he became the first major black enter-
tainer to host his own series—The Nat King
Cole Show. Unfortunately, it lasted only a year.
NAT KING COLE - Series. (BW) (1956-7)
w/Margaret Whiting.
w/Tony Martin.
w/Gogi Grant.
w/Tony Bennett.
FRED WARING'S AMERICA. (BW)
Songs written about music.
NAT KING COLE - Series: (BW)
w/Norman Granz.
w/Peggy King & Cornell Wilde.
w/Betty Hutton.
w/The Mills Brothers.
w/Billy Eckstine.
1326B. LIVIN' FOR LOVE: THE NATALIE
COLE STORY. 2/10/2000
w/Theresa Randle, James McDaniel,
Diahann Carroll & Randy Goodwin.
LILY IN WINTER. (1994)
w/Natalie Cole, Brian Bonsall and
Marla Gibbs.
## RIGHT COLUMN
1327b. THE GREEN PASTURES. (BW) (1936)
w/Rex Ingram & Eddie Anderson.
MINSTREL MAN. (1977)
w/Stanley Clay & Ted Ross.
'STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY. (1992)
STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
Harlem nights, Park Avenue dreams.
The central characters in this 1992 TV-movie are four
young black women, who, in 1939, share an apartment
and visions of a better life. By day, they hold down menial
jobs, but at night they put on the ritz and escape to the
Savoy Ballroom in upper Manhattan. There, the women
forge relationships that foster their romantic longings and
vaulting ambitions.
Directed by Debbie Allen, who has a small role as a
prostitute named Estelle. (2 hrs.)
Cast
Esther Lynn Whitfield
Pauline Vanessa Williams
Alice Jasmine Guy
Walter Mario Van Peebles
Dorothy Vanessa Bell Calloway
Calvin Michael Warren
Ernest Darnell Williams
Bill John Di Aquino
Ella Fitzgerald Dawn Lewis
Mano Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield
OPRAH: Real story of Malcolm X. 12/3/92
Am. History: Slaves. 1/30/93
Ins. Edition: James Earl Ray. 1/30/93
BLACK HISTORY 101 (9) 5/18/95
1327c. MALCOLM X.
w/Denzel Washington.
Review of: MALCOLM X
AM. EXPERIENCE:
Malcolm X; Make
It Plain. 1/26/94
JAY LENO: Intv. Spike Lee. 5/16/94
Malcolm X in July of 1963
1327D. AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: SIMPLE
JUSTICE. 1/18/93
American Experience presents its first
docudrama, "Simple Justice," the stir-
ring story of Thurgood Marshall (Peter
Francis James) and his efforts to deseg-
regate public schools—which resulted
in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board
of Education Supreme Court decision.
8 PM 7 1/18/93
AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: THE MEETING:
(Depicts a hypothetical encounter
between Martin Luther King & Malcolm
X in 1965) w/Jason Bernard & Dick
Anthony Williams. 5/3/89
Thurgood Marshall's death. 1/24/91
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: New evidence of
a Govt. cover-up in the 1968
assassination of Martin L. KING. 3/31/93
THE VERNON JOHNS STORY. 1/17/94
w/James Earl Jones (Pastor preceding
Martin Luther King, Jr.)
ASSASINATIONS: BETRAYAL: MALCOLM
(Little) & Elijah Muhamad. 11/26/96
