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Showing posts with label 1946. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1946. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Low, Short and Squatty (1946, Soundie)












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Soundie featuring Vanita Smythe performing "Low, Short, and Squatty" (1946).

Monday, April 8, 2019

Love in Syncopation (1946) [Lost Film]





The Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sat, Aug 03, 1946 · Page 18
The Central New Jersey Home News
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Thu, May 15, 1947 · Page 8

The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Mon, Apr 21, 1947 · Page 9

The Mexia Daily News
Mexia, Texas
Wed, Sep 17, 1947 · Page 6

Delaware County Daily Times
Chester, Pennsylvania
Wed, Aug 17, 1949 · Page 19

The Daily Record
Long Branch, New Jersey
Wed, Apr 06, 1949 · Page 4

The Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama
Sun, Jul 16, 1950 · Page 5

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Typical forties musical is a showcase for the Henry Woode Band.It traces the band's rise in show business, starting with its origins in the Navy during World War II and their struggle to make it.

*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***

Mantan Messes Up (1946) [Lost Film]





The Morning News
Wilmington, Delaware
Mon, Oct 14, 1946 · Page 13

Greenville Advocate
Greenville, Alabama
Thu, Jun 27, 1946 · Page 12

Talladega Daily Home and Our Mountain Home
Talladega, Alabama
Fri, Aug 02, 1946 · Page 3

The Bee
Danville, Virginia
Tue, May 13, 1947 · Page 8

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Unknown storyline.
*** This film is considered lost until notified otherwise. ***

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Everyone's Jumpin' Now (1946, Soundie)








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Soundie featuring Nobel Sissle and His Orchestra starring Mable Lee in "Everyone's Jumpin' Now."

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Midnight Menace (1946)




















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Following yet another show-stopping performance, famed vaudevillian "Lollypop" Jones finds the dead body of a woman in his dressing room. After repeated attempts to dispose of the body -- including hiding it in a closet, and stuffing it down a laundry chute -- fail, Lollypop realizes that his unwanted guest isn't dead...she's a zombie!