William Forest Crouch

Compilation film of various African-American performers and acts.

An all-black musical featuring the talent of funnyman Mantan Moreland.

Soundie featuring The Chanticleers singing "Babbling Bess." Also starring Francine Everett (as Babbling Bess) and Mable Lee (Dancer).

Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis money...and it doesn't include any happiness for Louis and Honey. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.

Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.

A musical answer to “Open the Door, Richard.” A lazy man struggles to get out of bed to answer the door, with musical accompaniment.

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers

After a presumably hard day at work, Dudley Dickerson plunks down at the kitchen table and sings a dry lament about his wife’s roving eye. Meanwhile, his aforementioned better half, Theresa Harris, flirts hilariously with a series of deliverymen.

Meritta Moore and her group dance.

Musical short

Nat 'King' Cole perform "Come to Baby Do."

Nat 'King' Cole performs his hit "Errand Boy for Rhythm."

In a gym, a girl is pulling some pulleys, to gain arm strength, while three men and three girls watch a judo demonstration in the middle of the room. A girl wearing a sweater and shorts applies a succession of holds to a young man in a sleeveless undershirt and a black trunks: over the shoulder projection, arm lock, over the hip projection, sideways headlock and knee to the face, sacrifice fall followed by school-girl pin, kidney punching followed by a groin kick, sideways kick to the knee and arm-lock, eye-gouge and kick to the ribs, attack to both legs with arms and legs, arm-lock and tripping followed by a leg blow to the throat, disarming a knife attack from above, and then an up-thrust with the knife, disarming a revolver menace from the back, usage of a leather belt to strangle and throw an attacker, usage of hair holds for control and throw of the opponent, and KO punching. The man simulates different forms of attack and stands gamely every time - except the last.

Mable Lee performs "Cats Can't Dance" along with Deryck Sampson's Band.

Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

Noble Sissle & Mable Lee perform "Sizzle with Sissle."

Cab Calloway & Dotty Saulter perform "I Was Here When You Left Me".

Cab Calloway performs "Blowtop Blues".

Vanita Smythe sings "Back Door Man."

In this soundie Mable Lee sings and dances to a song "Chicken Shack Shuffle" followed by other dancers.

Cab Calloway sings "Foo a Little Bally-Hoo".

Lawrence Welk and his orchestra perform "Doin' You Good"

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".