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Check and Double Check

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Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the top-rated Amos 'n' Andy radio show. [1]

54 relations: Actor, African Americans, Al Rinker, Am I Blue?, Amos 'n' Andy, Animation, Barney Bigard, Bert Kalmar, Bing Crosby, Blackface, Catchphrase, Charles Correll, Charles Morton (actor), Comedy film, Copyright registration, Duke Ellington, Edward Martindel, Freeman Gosden, Golden Age of Radio, Grant Clarke, Harry Akst, Harry Barris, Harry Ruby, Irene Rich, Irving Mills, J. Walter Ruben, James "Bubber" Miley, Joseph Carl Breil, Juan Tizol, List of films in the public domain in the United States, Melville W. Brown, Mordaunt Hall, Pre-Code Hollywood, Profit (accounting), Ralf Harolde, Rita La Roy, RKO Pictures, Robert Homans, Roscoe Ates, Russ Powell, Sequel, Short film, Sonny Greer, Stereotype, Sue Carol, The Lion Tamer, The New York Times, The Rasslin' Match, The Rhythm Boys, Three Little Words (song), ..., Variety (magazine), White people, William LeBaron, William Marshall (cinematographer). Expand index (4 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Al Rinker

Al Rinker (December 20, 1907 – June 11, 1982) was an American musician who began his career as a teen performing with Bing Crosby in the early 1920s in Spokane, Washington in various musical groups.

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Am I Blue?

"Am I Blue?" is a song copyrighted by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929 and then featured in four films that year, most notably with Ethel Waters in the movie On with the Show.

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Amos 'n' Andy

Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community.

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Animation

Animation is a dynamic medium in which images or objects are manipulated to appear as moving images.

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Barney Bigard

Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington.

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Bert Kalmar

Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American lyricist, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Blackface

Blackface was and is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person.

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Catchphrase

A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance.

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Charles Correll

Charles James Correll (February 2, 1890 – September 26, 1972) was an American radio comedian, known best for his work for the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden.

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Charles Morton (actor)

Charles Morton (28 January 1908 in Illinois, USA – 26 October 1966 in North Hollywood, California) was an American actor.

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Comedy film

Comedy is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor.

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Copyright registration

The purpose of copyright registration is to place on record a verifiable account of the date and content of the work in question, so that in the event of a legal claim, or case of infringement or plagiarism, the copyright owner can produce a copy of the work from an official government source.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Edward Martindel

Edward Martindel (July 8, 1876 – May 4, 1955) was an American stage and film actor.

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Freeman Gosden

Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden (May 5, 1899 – December 10, 1982) was an American radio comedian and pioneer in the development of the situation comedy form.

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Golden Age of Radio

The old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio programming in the United States during which radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.

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Grant Clarke

Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter.

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Harry Akst

Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963) - accessed November 19, 2011 was an American songwriter, who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson.

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Harry Barris

Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer and songwriter, and is one of the earliest singers to use "scat singing" in recordings.

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Harry Ruby

Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was a Jewish American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Irene Rich

Irene Rich (born Irene Frances Luther, October 13, 1891 – April 22, 1988) was an American actress who worked in both silent films and talkies, as well as radio.

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Irving Mills

Irving Harold Mills (né Isadore Minsky; 16 January 1894 in Odessa, Ukraine – 21 April 1985 in Palm Springs, California) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter.

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J. Walter Ruben

Jacob Walter Ruben (August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer.

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James "Bubber" Miley

James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute.

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Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph Carl Breil (29 June 1870 – 23 January 1926) was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor.

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Juan Tizol

Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer.

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List of films in the public domain in the United States

This is a non-definitive list of films in the public domain in the United States.

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Melville W. Brown

Melville W. Brown (March 10, 1887 – January 31, 1938), also known simply as Melville Brown, was an American film director, screenwriter and occasional actor.

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Mordaunt Hall

Mordaunt Hall (1 November 1878 – 2 July 1973) was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for The New York Times, working from October 1924 to September 1934.

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Pre-Code Hollywood

Pre-Code Hollywood refers to the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in pictures in 1929LaSalle (2002), pg.

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Profit (accounting)

Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the owner in a profitable market production process (business).

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Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde (born Ralph Harold Wigger, May 17, 1899 – November 1, 1974) was an American character actor, who often played gangsters.

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Rita La Roy

Rita La Roy (October 2, 1901 – February 18, 1993), born Ina La Roi Stuart in Idaho, was an American actress of the early talking picture era, beginning her career in 1929, and having her last significant role in 1940.

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RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company.

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Robert Homans

Robert Edward Homans (November 8, 1877 – July 28, 1947) was an American actor who entered films in 1923 after a lengthy stage career.

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Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily featured in western films and television.

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Russ Powell

Russ Powell (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor.

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Sequel

A sequel is a literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work.

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Short film

A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.

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Sonny Greer

Sonny Greer (December 13, 1895 – March 23, 1982) was an American jazz drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Duke Ellington.

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people.

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Sue Carol

Sue Carol (October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress and talent agent.

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The Lion Tamer

The Lion Tamer is a 1934 animated short film produced by the Van Beuren Studios and directed by Vernon Stallings and starring Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden as the voices of their popular radio characters, Amos 'n' Andy.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rasslin' Match

The Rasslin' Match is a 1934 animated short film produced by the Van Beuren Studios and directed by Vernon Stallings and starring Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden as the voices of their popular radio characters, Amos 'n' Andy.

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The Rhythm Boys

The Rhythm Boys were a male singing trio consisting of Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker.

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Three Little Words (song)

"Three Little Words" is a popular song with music by Harry Ruby and lyrics by Bert Kalmar, published in 1930.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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White people

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.

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William LeBaron

William LeBaron (February 16, 1883February 9, 1958) was an American film producer.

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William Marshall (cinematographer)

William C. Marshall (January 16, 1885 – April 25, 1943) was a Turkish-born American cinematographer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_and_Double_Check

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