![]() This movie rode the wave of his renewed popularity, but plays so loose with the facts of his life that we end up knowing little more about him. Joplin's work received long-overdue attention from music scholars, and he was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer for his body of work, some fifty known rags, waltzes, marches-and one opera, Treemonisha. In 1973, Marvin Hamlisch used the then-largely unknown Joplin's music in the movie "The Sting," spurring a ragtime revival and a renewed interest in Joplin specifically. The man who gave us the Maple Leaf Rag and the Entertainer, Scott Joplin, once said that he would not become known until fifty years after his death. The second half was a chore to watch-and the music portion of the film suffered because Joplin was no longer functional. The first half is quite enjoyable and I loved the music. If you think this movie is a giant downer, you are right. His final years were A LOT worse than they show in the movie and his decline lasted far longer-but regardless, he died young in a mental institution-committed due to his dementia. But because of his syphilis (which was pretty much untreatable at that time) his career and marriage slowly spiraled downward. For a while, things look great-Joplin marries and he achieves moderate success. Soon he meets and befriends Louis Chauvin (Clifton David) and they come to the attention of a music publisher/promoter (Art Carney). The film picks up with Joplin an adult and playing music in brothels. However, the film DID find an audience and won a Writer's Guild award. It's also unusual for its choice of Joplin as a subject for the film because the guy died from syphilis (something folks RARELY talked about in 1977) and his later years were spent deteriorating more and more-a tough sort of film to put over to the viewing audience. It stars Billy Dee Williams as the famed composer. Provenance: Julien's Auctions: Icons & Idols: Rock 'N' Roll, October 25 and 26, 2019."Scott Joplin" is an unusual made for TV film in that it was, briefly, released in theaters just before it aired on TV. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks. ![]() for $25.85, 5 x 3.75, with another hand signing for Joplin twice the funds were paid to Joplin by the Fillmore Auditorium in advance of of Big Brother’s first concert at the Fillmore since Joplin joined the group the show took place on July 1, 1966.Ī 1966 wage and tax statement for $162.68 with a carbon copy slip, both 7.5 x 3.25, issued to Janis Joplin by Mainstream Records.Īn original mailing envelope stamped with the address for “Mainstreet Records, Inc.,” 8.25 x 3.5, postmarked at New York on January 31, 1967. 47 payment receipt slip, 12 x 1.5, dated January 13, 1967, filled out in another hand who adds Joplin’s name to lower left.Īn advancement fund tag from Musician’s Union, Local No. The reverse of the card is dated January 27, 1967, with another hand adding the band’s address, “640 Ashbury Street” in San Francisco.Ī Musician’s Union, Local No. Soviet/Russian Post-1970 Space Program (3)Ĭollection of material relating to Janis Joplin and The Big Brother Holding Company from the collection of the band’s manager Julius Karpen, which is highlighted by a United California Bank deposit card for “Big Brother and the Holding Company,” 5 x 3, signed on the front in blue ballpoint by Janis Joplin.Project Apollo Hardware and Spacesuit Parts (30). ![]()
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