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.

Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933)

Starring:

• Mills Blue Rhythm Band
• Sally Gooding
• Fredi Washington
• Hamtree Harrington
• 'Blues' McAllister
• The Three Dukes

Storyline
Lively music, hot singing, and fast dancing make this a very entertaining subject of its kind. After a higher club introduction, Hamtree Harrington takes the gang up to his Harlem penthouse apartment for a rent party, and several more numbers are put on there.

That's the Spirit (1933)

Starring:

• Noble Sissle
• Cora La Redd
• The Washboard Serenaders
• F.E. Miller
• Mantan Moreland

Storyline
Moreland and Miller are nightmen easily terrorized by "ghostly" happenings. La Redd and the Washboard Serenaders provide the song and dancer numbers. Sissle and his band play "Tiger Rug" and "St. Louis Blues."