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1927 TWO BLACK CROWS Moran & Mack 1/2 Negro Coon Recording Comic Sketch 935-D

$ 2.63

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Genre: Comedy & Spoken Word
  • Speed: 78 RPM
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  • Condition: Used
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  • Record Size: 10"

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    Two Black Crows : Moran & Mack on Columbia Viva-Tonal
    in great sounding copies
    George Moran and Charles Mack in character in 1929..
    The FIRST record of the Two Black Crows series
    Two Black Crows  Part1/2. with blues piano playing in the backgroud
    1
    0" Columbia Viva-Tonal record
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    Condition: EXCELLENT close to PRISTINE faint lam first 9mm of 2 causes rare ticks at start. Otherwise plays EXCEPTIONALLY quiet
    A GREAT COPY
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    The Two Black Crows was a blackface comedy act popular in the 1920s and 30s. The duo appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio, comedy records and in film features and shorts.
    The act, also known as Moran and Mack, was started by Charles Mack (1888-1934). He had many partners, including John Swor, his brother Bert Swor and George Moran (1881-1949).
    History
    The act was originated by Charles Sellers (1888–1934), who hired actor John Swor as his partner. "Swor & Mack" enjoyed moderate success until Swor left the act. He was replaced by George Moran. The team of Moran and Mack caught on and became major recording stars. The Two Black Crows became a weekly radio show in 1928; Moran and Mack also guest-starred on Fred Waring's radio show in 1933.
    Although Moran and Mack's gags were mostly corny and the characters were stereotypical (one practical but naive, the other seemingly slow and lazy yet quick with a quip and a certain skewed logic), the relationship depicted plus their laconic delivery made them one of the most successful of comedy teams.
    The team was known for two catchphrases. Moran would remind Mack of some unfortunate event, causing Mack to say, "Why bring that up?" Mack frequently would interrupt Moran's description of something with a drawling "What causes that?"
    The duo of Moran and Mack appeared in vaudeville with W.C. Fields, on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 and in Earl Carroll's Vanities in the mid-1920s. They also appeared in George White's Scandals and The Greenwich Village Follies.[1]
    At the height of their popularity, after completing their first talking feature film, Moran had a salary dispute with Mack and sued him in 1930. A judge ruled that Mack legally owned the act and could pay whatever salary he wanted. Moran quit.[2]
    He was replaced by John Swor's brother, Bert Swor, who adopted the name Moran. The second "Moran and Mack" talkie (without George Moran) faltered at the box office, and the team made no further films until 1933, when the low-budget Educational Pictures studio hired them for a feature film and a series of "Two Black Crows" short subjects.
    Charles Mack died in an automobile accident on January 11, 1934.[3][4] This ended the act, although George Moran did try to revive it with other partners.
    Moran would later appear in three W. C. Fields films, The Fatal Glass of Beer, My Little Chickadee, and The Bank Dick.
    Moran died on August 1, 1949.[5]
    Legacy
    Their catch phrase, "Who wants a worm, anyhow?", was the punchline to a lengthy dialogue that Moran initiated by telling Mack that, "The early bird catches the worm". Mack of course had never heard the expression, so he took it literally, and frustrated Moran by repeatedly asking inane questions about the saying. "Who wants a worm, anyhow?" was the closing statement by the crow in a Warner Bros. cartoon called The Wacky Worm, and parts of the routine appeared in other Warner cartoons.
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