| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-R. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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"One of the icons of early TV--and known as 'The Godfather of Exotica'--KORLA PANDIT mesmerized viewers with his eloquent organ music, his Indian turban, and his silent but relentless gaze. Allegedly born in New Delhi, India, to a Brahman priest and a French opera singer, Pandit started his television career in 1949 at local Los Angeles station KTLA which broadcast over 900--nine hundred!!!--episodes of his daily 15-minute show, Adventures in Music. In all, Pandit never spoke. He just stared into the black-and-white camera lens--and right into American homes--with a sanguine smile and dreamy, almost hypnotic eyes. (While Pandit was at KTLA, he also provided the music for Bob Clampett's Beany and Cecil puppet show, Time for Beany!) Unfortunately, like most early live TV made way back when, few Kinescopes of those programs exist today. Pandit passed away in 2005 at the age of 85. After his death, it was revealed that he was actually an African American born John Roland Redd, who created a clever show-biz myth at a time when black men weren't exactly welcome in white people's homes. Among his final performances were a cameo as himself in Tim Burton's Ed Wood...."--Container. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Short films.
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| Added Author |
Pandit, Korla.
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Something Weird Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Exotic world of Korla Pandit |
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Korla Pandit |
| Music No. |
35083 Something Weird Video |
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