Hi De Ho (1947)

Starring:

• Cab Calloway
• Ida James
• Jeni Le Gon
• William Campbell 
• James Dunmore 
• Edgar Martin 
• Dusty Fletcher

Storyline
Bandleader Cab Calloway is tiring of his sexy girlfriend Minnie, who in turn is jealous of Cab's manager Nettie. When Nettie gets Cab a job at the Brass Hat Club, Minnie retaliates for his imagined infidelity by setting gangster Boss Mason, owner of a rival club, against him. Will she regret her action before it's too late? (This plot resolves halfway through the film; the rest is a series of 'soundies' featuring the Calloway band's inimitable jive). All-black cast.

 

Professor Creeps (1942) [Lost Film]

Starring:

• Mantan Moreland
• F.E. Miller 
• Arthur Ray

Storyline
Jefferson and Washington operate a failing detective agency. Washington dozes and dreams that they are hired by a wealthy heiress to rid her of her diabolical uncle, Professor Wackingham Creeps. The professor develops a chemical to turn men into animals and then the fin begins. Washington awakens to find out it was only a dream.  

* This film is presumed lost until further notice. Any information of the films existence would be greatly appreciated. *

Lucky Ghost (1942)

Starring:

• Mantan Moreland
• F.E. Miller
• Maceo Bruce Sheffield
• Florence O'Brien
• Arthur Ray
• Monte Hawley
• Jess Lee Brooks
• Ida Coffin

Storyline
Two swindlers, Washington and Jefferson (Moreland and Miller), were roaming around when they came across two high rollers waiting on their chauffeur to get gas after their car ran out. In a streak of luck, Washington won all the belongings from the two men, including a large wad of cash and their fancy car. To celebrate their winnings, Washington and Jefferson head to a local country club which is owned by Blake (Sheffield), a heavy handed boss with a jealous attitude for his hot hostess (O'Brien). When a customer of the club is kicked out by Blake, he is tossed into nearby cemetery where is awakens the dead who happen to be the previous owners of the club and relatives of Blake. Displeased with how Blake is running the club, the ghost is determined to shut everything down and end Washington's streak of luck.