Storyline In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his
possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased
treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them
unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to
sell off the father's estate--including the slaves--at the earliest
opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to
France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break
up any of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him
thwart the crooked executor's plans.
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.
Storyline Jean Stratton, a gorgeous teenage girl, arrives in Harlem looking for work. Her talent gets her a job as a showgirl at the Acme Theater. She's soon living at a boardinghouse with the Acme's star attraction, tap dancer Bill Robinson, and his pal, "Chummy" Walker. Both men are interested in the girl, though Jean prefers the younger Chummy. "Money" Johnson, the theater owner, is actually a racketeer, and tricks Chummy into taking the fall for his crimes. Realizing with a broken heart that Jean and Chummy are right for each other, Bill goes to the police with proof of Johnson's guilt. But doing the right thing may cost bill his life...
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