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Film, Video [Ira at piano; Paintings--Ira Gershwin--home movies]

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Title

  • [Ira at piano; Paintings--Ira Gershwin--home movies]

Summary

  • Ira Gershwin thumbs through pages of the Porgy and Bess score then is shown making unknown verbal comments, likely about the score. The film then transitions to various portraits and paintings of or by the Gershwins. Featured art includes: George Gershwin self portrait, Ira caricature by George Gershwin, George Gershwin caricature, George's drawing of Ira (?), George's drawing of Golly (Cecelia Hayes) & Lee (Leonore Gershwin) playing backgammon, George Gershwin in a Concert Hall by David Alfaro Siqueiros, and a Porgy and Bess signed photo.

Created / Published

  • [1964?]

Headings

  • -  Gershwin, Ira,--1896-1983,--depicted
  • -  Gershwin, George,--1898-1937.--Porgy and Bess
  • -  Gershwin, Ira,--1896-1983--Art collections
  • -  Gershwin, George,--1898-1937--Art collections
  • -  Portraits--Private collections

Genre

  • Amateur films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Appearing: Ira Gershwin.
  • -  Approximate date from edge code date of film.
  • -  Sources used: original containers, Michael Feinstein email of June 9, 2017; Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012 ILS record (LCCN 2018571963); Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust Archive finding aid; Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art WWW site, viewed November 18, 2024; Schubertiade Music & Arts WWW site, viewed November 18, 2024; Wyatt, R. and Johnson, J.A. George Gershwin reader, 2004, p. 179 viewed December 19, 2024 via Internet Archive.
  • -  Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Trust archive, 1895-2012.
  • -  Moving image material transferred to LC NAVCC Moving Image Section from the LC Music Division, 2011-04-05.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 7 min.) : si., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Gershwin Trust Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601141

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Ira at piano; Paintings--Ira Gershwin--home movies. [?, 1964] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601141/.

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(1964) Ira at piano; Paintings--Ira Gershwin--home movies. [?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601141/.

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Ira at piano; Paintings--Ira Gershwin--home movies. [?, 1964] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601141/>.