Straight to Heaven (1939)

Starring:

• Jackie Ward
• Nina Mae McKinney
• Pearl Bains
• James Baskett
• Sherman Dirkson
• Emmory Evans
• Mae Francis
• Marion Galloway
• Teddy Hale
• Millie and Bubbles
• Lionel Monagas
• Edna Slatten
• Jules Smith
• The Three Peppers
• Lorenzo Tucker
• Percy Verwayen
• Bernice Vincent

Storyline

Lucky John is head of a syndicate that is distributing rotten canned food to unsuspecting Negroes in Harlem. Joe Williams is sent to jail for murder and placed on trial for his life. Williams' wife plays a big part in clearing her husband of murder charges engineered by Lucky John.

Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (1936)

Starring:

• Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
• The Three Brown Jacks
• Myra Taylor
• Moses Allen
• Earl 'Jock' Carruthers
• Jimmie Crawford
• Sy Oliver
• Willie 'The Lion' Smith
• Joe Thomas
• Paul Thomas
• Eddie Tompkins
• Paul Francis Webster

Storyline

A typical sepia band, with a ritzy aggregation of hot-cha instrument men. The band does several numbers with different members doing their specialty with great gusto and zip. Also, there are te The Brown Jacks, lively steppers, and Mya Johnson doing a hit song number.