The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) Open, Start The Music

Name: The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) Open, Start The Music
Uploaded: 2020-09-21T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 32 s
Description: A little schtick about life on the road, Thomas Gomez as the team founder and coach Abe Saperstein with the real Harlem Globetrotters, a nod to their genuine barnstorming occupation, greeted by Al Eben, then performing to the “Sweet Georgia Brown” theme, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951, from Columbia and producer Buddy Adler.

A little schtick about life on the road, Thomas Gomez as the team founder and coach Abe Saperstein with the real Harlem Globetrotters, a nod to their genuine barnstorming occupation, greeted by Al Eben, then performing to the “Sweet Georgia Brown” theme, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951, from Columbia and producer Buddy Adler.

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