Leonard Anderson

Leonard Anderson was an American film editor and film director, and he co-owned a film production company. Anderson's short films of African-American musical acts include footage of Anna Mae Winburn with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm,[1] Lucky Millinder and his orchestra,[2] and Henri Woode.

Around late 1948, he founded the Video Varieties Corp., a film production company with George Goman, which was a predecessor to the West Coast Sound Studios.[3][4] In late 1948, Anderson directed a series of short films for the band the Adrian Rollini Trio (Adrian Rollini, George Hnida, and Allan Hanlon).[5] He edited the popular television show The Honeymooners in the 1950s.[6]

  1. ^ McGee, Kristin A. (2011-07-21). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6967-7.
  2. ^ "HELLO BILL Soundie". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. ^ "Celluloid Improvisations". www.jazz-on-film.com.
  4. ^ Televiser. Vol. 5–6. Television Publications. 1949. p. 25.
  5. ^ Delden, Ate van (2019-11-29). Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-4968-2517-9.
  6. ^ "U-M Library Search". search.lib.umich.edu.