Ol' King Cotton (1930)

Starring:

• George Dewey Washington

Storyline
George is a shiftless father and husband, who lets his wife and old mother in law do all the work at his tumbledown farm, preferring to sleep under a tree. His wife finally threatens him into finding a job moving cartons in a warehouse. 

Rufus Jones for President (1933)

Starring:

• Ethel Waters
• Sammy Davis Jr. 
• Dusty Fletcher

Storyline
A musical short film about a young African-American boy dreaming about becoming President. Debuting Sammy Davis Jr. in his first film. 

Oscar Micheaux Filmography

Here is a comprehensive list of films from African American pioneer filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux.

Filmography:

• 1948 - The Betrayal
• 1940 - The Notorious Elinor Lee
• 1939 - Birthright
• 1939 - Lying Lips
• 1938 - God's Step Children
• 1938 - Swing!
• 1937 - Underworld
• 1935 - Murder in Harlem (uncredited)
• 1935 - Temptation
• 1934 - Harlem After Midnight
• 1933 - Phantom of Kenwood
• 1932 - Black Magic
• 1932 - Ten Minutes to Live
• 1932 - Veiled Aristocrats
• 1932 - The Girl from Chicago
• 1931 - The Exile
• 1931 - The Darktown Revue (Short)
• 1930 - Easy Street
• 1930 - A Daughter of the Congo
• 1929 - Wages of Sin
• 1928 - When Men Betray
• 1928 - Thirty Years Later
• 1927 - The Broken Violin
• 1927 - The House Behind the Cedars
• 1927 - The Millionaire
• 1927 - The Spider's Web
• 1926 - The Conjure Woman
• 1926 - The Devil's Disciple
• 1925 - Marcus Garland
• 1925 - Body and Soul
• 1924 - A Son of Satan
• 1924 - Birthright
• 1923 - The Virgin of Seminole
• 1923 - Deceit
• 1922 - Uncle Jasper's Will
• 1922 - The Dungeon
• 1921 - The Hypocrite
• 1921 - The Gunsaulus Mystery
• 1920 - The Symbol of the Unconquered
• 1920 - The Brute
• 1920 - Within Our Gates
• 1919 - The Homesteader

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)

Starring:

• Cab Calloway
• Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra 
• Lena Horne 
• Avon Long 
• Ethel Moses 

Storyline
This entry in Paramount's "Headliner" series of musical shorts headlines Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. They do some numbers at Harlem's "Cotton Club" and following the show, they go over to a Harlem rendezvous and shimmy at a jitterbug party. Cameo appearance of Lena Horne and Ethel Moses.