# Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

Writer, director, Amelia Anderson; narrator, Eartha Kitt; photography, Lowell Peterson; composer, Scott Joplin; choreography, Xavier Chatman

Douglas Sides, Oliver Aubrey, Regina Houston, Xavier Chatman, Carolyn Sides, Forest Henry

This dramatized biography follows Joplin's life from his discovery and initial success, his turning to serious composition, the failure of the opera "Treemonisha", and his early death in poverty and obscurity

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1977
- By: Anderson, Amelia, Pyramid Films, inc
- Genres: Education, Music, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/scottjoplinkingofragtimecomposers)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/scottjoplinkingofragtimecomposers?play=1)