Jazz Mad

Jazz Mad

Hot Heels- Cold Hearts! Genius Out of Step With the Age

NR 1928 · 70 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.

Directed by F. Harmon Weight · Written by Walter Anthony

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