Roy Mack

Dave Apollon & His Orchestra

Roy Mack

Dave Apollon, Tess Gardella

Dave Apollon & His Orchestra "Trees", "The Lady in Red", "Born to Swing" and "Shine".

The Black Network

Roy Mack

Nina Mae McKinney, Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.

Frances Carroll & 'The Coquettes'

Roy Mack

Frances Carroll, Eunice Healey

Bandleader Frances Carroll leads The Coquettes, an all-female band, in several swing tunes.

A Holiday in Storyland

Roy Mack

Judy Garland

This short features Judy Garland's very first film solo, Blue Butterfly. The film footage no longer exists.

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

Roy Mack

In this 1939 short in the Melody Master series, that was re-released in 1948 and 1955, Artie Shaw) leads his orchestra in "Begin the Beguine","Nightmare", "Non-Stop Flight", "Let's Stop the Clock", sung by Helen Forrest, and "Pross Tchai"/"Good-bye", a comedy Russian number performed by saxophone player Tony Pastor).

Mirrors

Roy Mack

Eton Boys, Vera Van

Freddie Rich and His Orchestra perform popular songs and accompany guest performers

Smash Your Baggage

Roy Mack

Elmer Snowden, Mabel Scott

A group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise money for a sick member of their group.

Service with a Smile

Roy Mack

Leon Errol, Maxine Doyle

Walter Webb, thinking his gas station has been destroyed, describes a "super-deluxe" gas station run by chorus girls to his insurance agent.

The Gigolo Racket

Roy Mack

Helen Morgan, Reed Brown Jr.

As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love.

Pie, Pie Blackbird

Roy Mack

Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney

Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

The Wedding of Jack and Jill

Roy Mack

Judy Garland

An All-Colored Vaudeville Show

Roy Mack

Adelaide Hall, Fayard Nicholas

Black vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a group of acrobats; and The Five Racketeers, a band that initially backs up Eunice Wilson and then sings "Tiger Rag".

King for a Day

Roy Mack

Bill Robinson, Ernest Whitman

A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

Swing Cat's Jamboree

Roy Mack

Louis Prima, Lloyd Shirley

"Swing cat" Louis Prima and his jazz quartette play songs and accompany featured singers and dancers.

Hi De Ho

Roy Mack

Cab Calloway

Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra. A deacon passing by the apartment hears him singing and advises him go to his wife's gypsy tea room. As she reads the tea leaves, she sees situations which lead to Cab and his orchestra performing musical numbers.

Private Lessons

Roy Mack

Hal Le Roy, Dawn O'Day

Hal LeRoy is hired as a tap teacher at Dawn O'Day's dancing school to give private lessons to female students. The school's manager, as well as some of his students, spreads false stories that Hal's lessons involve more than just tap dancing. He is fired and starts his own dancing school in the same building as O'Day's. Hal and Dawn now realize that their relationship was more than just business.