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Showtime at the Apollo

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Eartha Kitt introduces vintage performances filmed before the notoriously tough audience of Harlem's Apollo Theatre.
Tonight's show includes Duke Ellington and his orchestra; R'n'B from
Amos Milburn : comedy from Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant ; swing from Dinah Washington; Martha Davis and her spouse; and cult screamer Ruth Brown , currently enjoying a comeback in John Waters's
Him Hairspray, but seen here at the start of her career.
Film cameraman JOHN MCGLASHAN Sound MICHAEL SPENCER Film editor COLIN KNIJFF
Producer HELEN GALLACHER

Contributors

Introduces:
Eartha Kitt
Unknown:
Amos Milburn
Unknown:
Leonard Reed
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Willie Bryant
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Martha Davis
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Ruth Brown
Unknown:
John McGlashan
Unknown:
Michael Spencer
Editor:
Colin Knijff
Producer:
Helen Gallacher
Source: Radio Times

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