Lawrence Tibbett, New York Metropolitan Opera baritone seated in front of a mirror in his dressing room. Several articles lie in front of him. He uses cream or lotion in his hand to remove stage makeup from his face following a performance of Aida by Verdi. Mr. Tibbett wears a dressing robe and a wrist watch.
Conductor converses with concert master violinist onstage, before a performance. Musicians begin to play under the baton of the conductor. Musicians dressed formally. Instruments, music stands and music manuscripts clearly seen. Soloist Paul Wiggenstein plays the piano, with left hand only, on stage. Right sleeve of his jacket hangs limp at his side. Soloists play violins. Audience seated in concert hall. Wiggenstein and the conductor taking bows after the performance.
A map shows American states colored in black and white. Black States carried by Warren Harding and White States carried by James Cox in the U.S. Presidential election of 1920. President-elect and Mrs. Warren G. Harding read congratulatory messages lying in front of them. The losing opponent, James Middleton Cox, stands with women supporters and shakes hands with one. Women wear fashionable hats.
A man stands on a wharf in New York City. Crowd gathers to bid farewell to the passengers on the ocean liner SS Leviathan, of the United States Lines, as she departs from New York. People on board the ship wave. The ship departs amidst salutes from fireboats spraying water, Dirigibles, and airplanes, including one spraying streams of water.
American veterans of World War 1 return to Paris not long after the war's end. They fill two open buses, each containing a cinematographer with camera, recording the events. A few women are included in the groups. They drive down the Boulevard Champs Elysees. Arc de Triomphe seen behind them.
Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)
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