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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Sandin' Joe (1945, Soundie)











Starring:
  • Dallas Bartley & His Band 
Storyline
Dallas Bartley and his band perform "Sandin' Joe."

Monday, June 21, 2021

Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933)

























Starring:
Storyline
Lively music, hot singing, and fast dancing make this a very entertaining subject of its kind. After a higher club introduction, Hamtree Harrington takes the gang up to his Harlem penthouse apartment for a rent party, and several more numbers are put on there.

That's the Spirit (1933)
























Starring:
Storyline
Moreland and Miller are nightmen easily terrorized by "ghostly" happenings. La Redd and the Washboard Serenaders provide the song and dancer numbers. Sissle and his band play "Tiger Rug" and "St. Louis Blues."