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Compilation film of various African-American performers and acts.
"When Hitler Kicks the Bucket" is sung by Toni Lane. The lyrics recount all the delightful things that will happen on the day of Hitler's funeral.
1943 Soundies musical short starring Liberace
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers
After a presumably hard day at work, Dudley Dickerson plunks down at the kitchen table and sings a dry lament about his wife’s roving eye. Meanwhile, his aforementioned better half, Theresa Harris, flirts hilariously with a series of deliverymen.
A Soundie with The De Castro Sisters.
An all-black musical featuring the talent of funnyman Mantan Moreland.
Soundie featuring The Chanticleers singing "Babbling Bess." Also starring Francine Everett (as Babbling Bess) and Mable Lee (Dancer).
Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.
Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis money...and it doesn't include any happiness for Louis and Honey. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.
Cab Calloway performs "Blowtop Blues".
Soundies short film with Maurice Rocco and His Rockin' Rhythm performing "Rhumboogie".
Soundies short film featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five performing "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"
Lawrence Welk and his orchestra perform "Doin' You Good"
A Soundie with Cook and Brown and the Sepia Steppers.
A musical answer to “Open the Door, Richard.” A lazy man struggles to get out of bed to answer the door, with musical accompaniment.
A Soundie with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
A Soundie with June Richmond.
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Southern Scandal."
