Basil Smith

The Singing Brakeman

Basil Smith

Jimmie Rodgers

Country singing star Jimmie Rodgers sings three songs in this short: "Waiting for a Train", "Daddy and Home", and "T for Texas", all his own compositions.

A Day of a Man of Affairs

Basil Smith

Ginger Rogers

Tony Sarg's Marionettes in the Orient

Basil Smith

Tony Sarg

A marionette musical from Tony Sarg's show.

Do It Now

Basil Smith

Henry Bergman, Gladys Clark

Old Man Trouble

Basil Smith

Jules Bledsoe

The Columbia-Victor Gems series was Columbia’s answer to Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone shorts, often featuring vaudevillians or musical performers in a short sketch or musical number. Old Man Trouble stars concert singer Jules Bledsoe, best-known for creating the role of Joe in Kern and Hammerstein’s Showboat, which had just concluded its Broadway run at the time this film was made.

Jailhouse Blues

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Mamie Smith

Mamie is missing her man, and finds him in jail. She pleads through her singing for his release.