Buck playing trumpet for The Benny Goodman Story

Description

Buck Clayton on trumpet for the film The Benny Goodman Story.

Note

Typewritten note attached to verso: 1803-49AD The Benny Goodman Story Universal-International Buck Clayton A featured performer at the actual 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert headed by Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton performs the same excellent musical chore in The Benny Goodman Story. A Technicolor screen biography of the man who made America's most exciting music, the Universal-International film co-stars Allen in the title role and Donna Reed as his wife ; Text printed on photo border: Printed in U.S.A c. 1955, Universal Pictures Company Inc. Permission granted for newspaper and magazine reproduction, Any other use, including television, prohibited

Date Issued

1955

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Group portraits

Publicity photographs

Member of

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Publisher

Universal-International Pictures

Time Period

1951-1960

Subject (Name)

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991

Subject (Topical)

African American jazz musicians

Jazz musicians

Trumpet players

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections