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The Famous Van Eps Trio in A Bit of Jazz
(1921) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Orlando Kellum?

Cast: Fred Van Eps [himself, the banjo player], Frank Banta [himself, the piano player], Natham Glantz [himself, the saxophone player]

Kellum Talking Picture Company production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Photo-Kinema sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

Performance.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive (21 FPS, full aperture), 35mm safety preservation duplicate negative (24 FPS, Academy 1.33:1 aperture)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 26 December 2010.

References: Website-IMDb; Website-UCLA : with additional information provided by Tom Mayer.