Scott Joplin (film)

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Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis. It won an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1979.^[1]

Cast

v t e Films directed by Jeremy Kagan

Katherine (1975) Heroes (1977) Scott Joplin (1977) The Big Fix (1978) The Chosen (1981) The Sting II (1983) The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) Big Man on Campus (1989) Descending Angel (1990) By the Sword (1991) Roswell (1994) The Hired Heart (1997) Bobbie's Girl (2002)

v t e Scott Joplin

Compositions

Piano rags	"Original Rags" (1899) "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) "The Easy Winners" (1901) "Elite Syncopations" (1902) "The Entertainer" (1902) "The Ragtime Dance" (1902/1906) "Weeping Willow" (1903) "Searchlight Rag" (1907) "Silver Swan Rag" (1914/1971) "Magnetic Rag" (1914)

Operas and other music	A Guest of Honor (1903) Bethena (1905) Treemonisha (1911)

Collaborations	"Swipesy Cakewalk" (1900) "Sunflower Slow Drag" (1901) "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)

Related articles	The Sting (1973) Scott Joplin: Piano Rags (1970) Scott Joplin (1977)

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