Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

1941 · 3 min · ★ 7.6 · Music

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

Directed by Josef Berne

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Duke Ellington Self (uncredited)
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Self
Herbert 'Whitey' White Self (uncredited)

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