Barber Shop Blues (1933)

Starring:

• Claude Hopkins & Orchestra
• The Four Step Brothers
• Orlando Roberson

Storyline
An elderly barbershop owner wins a sweepstake and uses the winnings to remodel his run-down shop. For in-house entertainment, he hires his musician friends as the jazz orchestra and the four shoeshiners that are skilled tap dancers.

Half-Past Jump Time (1945, Soundie)

Starring:

• Mable Lee
• Deryck Sampson's Band

Storyline
Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Deryck Sampson's Band in "Half-Past Jump Time."

When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate (1979, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Cleavant Derricks
• Lynne Thigpen
• Clinton Derricks-Carroll
• Brenda Braxton
• Lynne Clifton-Allen
• Marilyn Winbush
• Reginald VelJohnson
• Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter

Storyline
This lively, spirit-lifting musical celebrates the sheer joy and survival of black music, song, and poetry since the days of America's Civil War. With utter grace and ease, the gifted eight-member singing ensemble glides from gospel to disco and from slave quarter sermons to contemporary black poetry.