And This Is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell St.
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Actor: Various ArtistsDirector: Various
Brand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shanachie
Product features:
- This DVD and CD set includes theic 1964 documentary, AND THIS IS FREE, an intimate slice of life portrait capturing all the characters and flavor of Maxwell Street. It also includes the film, MAXWELL STREET - A LIVING MEMORY, a captivating look at the area s early days at the start of the century. The bonus CD features Maxwell Street blues fixtures including greats like Robert Nighthawk, Baby Face
Movie Reviews of And This Is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell St.
Movie Review: "Chicago's Legendary Maxwell Street ... And This Is Free ... Shanachie (2008)"
Summary: 5 Stars
Shanachie Entertainment presents "AND THIS IS FREE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHICAGO'S LEGENDARY MAXWELL ST." (2008) (100 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- During its heyday in the early to mid-1900s, the Maxwell Street Market area represented one of the most fascinating chapters in American urban history --- People congregated there by the thousands to shop for bargains in stores and on pushcarts --- They went, too, for the endless entertainment of street musicians, including many of Chicago's blues greats, hucksters, rousing preachers, street entertainers and much more.
Maxwell Street blues personnel including greats like Robert Nighthawk, Baby Face, Leroy Floyd Jones, J.B. Hutto, Johnny Young, Big John Wrencher, Snooky Pryor, Jimmy Rogers and many more --- This set also includes a 36 page companion booklet featuring stories from various people who spent years on Maxwell Street, as well as many beautiful pictures.
MAXWELL STREET IN POPULAR CULTURE:
1. Maxwell Street is where the Maxwell Street Polish Sausage sandwich originated.
2. The famous entrepreneur, Ron Popeil, began his career as a street vendor at the Maxwell Street Market.
3. The Maxwell Street Police Station, at Maxwell and Morgan Streets, was "Hill Street Station" in the 1980s television series, Hill Street Blues.
4. The musician and band leader Benny Goodman was born in the Maxwell Street neighborhood and spent most of his youth there. One of his first musical experiences was playing in the Boys Band at Hull House.
5. Maxwell Street was featured in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers, in which it was portrayed as a thriving ethnically African-American community. The scene features the two stars, "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues - played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, looking for Matt 'Guitar' Murphy and Lou 'Blue Lou' Marini, to get their band back together. They enter the "Soul Food Cafe," the exterior of which is actually Nate's Deli, formerly Lyon's Deli (the interior is a set). As they are entering, John Lee Hooker is playing "Boom Boom" on the street, and we see some typical street scenes, including the famous "Cheat You Fair" sign. Once the song ends, Jake and Elwood encounter Matt's wife, played by Aretha Franklin. When Matt becomes excited about the band getting back together, Aretha launches into "Think." In the end, much to Aretha's dismay, Matt turns his apron in, and hits the road with the Blues Brothers.
Maxwell Street is an east-west street in Chicago, Illinois that intersects with Halsted Street just south of Roosevelt Road. It runs at 1330 South in the numbering system running from 500 West to 1126 West --- The Maxwell Street neighborhood is considered part of the Near West Side and is one of the city's oldest residential districts --- It is notable as the location of the celebrated Maxwell Street Market and the birthplace of Chicago Blues and the "Maxwell Street Polish (sausage sandwich)." --- A large portion of the area is now the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), as well as a new private housing development sponsored by the university. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Under fhe production staff of:
Mike Shea - Director
Sherwin Dunner - Producer
Richard Nevins - Producer
Scene Index Listing:
DISC ONE (1) -- And This is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell St
1. Opening / Arvella Gray [3:53]
2. If You've Got a Corn On Your Foot... [2:17]
3. Hey Sol, Ya Got Size 50? [2:13]
4. Johnny Young [4:53]
5. Wise Man Incense Huckster [2:53]
6. World's Smallest Saxophones [2:27]
7. Carrie Robinson "Power To Live Right" [5:32]
8. Fannie Brewer "I Shall Overcome" [2:47]
9. Back Yard Boogie [5:12]
10. Robert Nighthawk "Cheating & Lying Blues" [3:22]
11. Chicken Man [5:24]
12. Jim Brewer Group "I'll Fly Away" [6:47]
13. Opening [6:03]
14. World's Largest Sporting Goods Store [2:55]
15. Lyon's Delicatessen [6:15]
16. Anything and Everything For Sale [5:01]
17. Bargaining Made Maxwell Street Vibrant [3:21]
18. Some of This Should Be Saved [5:18]
19. Photo Show On Historic Maxwell Street [10:54]
20. Casey Jones, the Chicken Man [1:58]
21. Maxwell Street, 1940s [:50]
22. Daddy Stovepipe & Arvella Gray [:35]
23. Come Shop the Maxwell Street Market [1:01]
24. Gordon Quinn Interview [5:34]
Great job by Shanachie Entertainment --- looking forward to more high quality titles from the Shanachie and Koch film market --- order your copy now from Amazon or Shanachie where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch releases --- where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector.
Total Time: 100 mins on DVD ~ Shanachie Ent. 6801 ~ (6/10/2008)
Summary of And This Is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell St.
This DVD and CD set includes the classic 1964 documentary AND THIS IS FREE, an intimate slice of life portrait capturing all the characters and flavor of Maxwell Street. It also includes the film MAXWELL STREET - A LIVING MEMORY, a captivating look at the area s early days at the start of the century. The bonus CD features Maxwell Street blues fixtures including greats like Robert Nighthawk, Baby Face, Leroy Floyd Jones, J.B. Hutto, and many more. This set also includes a 36 page companion booklet featuring stories from various people who spent years on Maxwell Street, as well as many beautiful pictures.Similar DVD Movies
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