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Friday, June 18, 2021

Smash Your Baggage (1932)






























Starring:
The plot revolves around the treasures of the railroad brotherhood losing funds shooting craps. The locale is Grand Central Station where the redcaps work and the high point is the benefit revue with a half dozen musical/dance numbers.

Yamekraw (1930)
























Starring:
A picturization of a jazz symphony. This short is an impressionistic expression of the moods and emotions of the Negro. A vignette of black life. The dilemma surrounding the move from country to city, leaving the security of the known for the uncertain promise of opportunity ahead.