William Forest Crouch

A Soundie featuring Noble Sissle and His Orchestra with Mabel Lee.

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, ect.

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. (imdb)

Soundie short featuring Robert Crum performing on the piano.

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.

Vanita Smythe sings "Back Door Man."

Gloria Parker plays a station news agent who sings about a well-dressed man who comes to her asking directions to Broadway and Main. A janitor sweeps up around her as she sings. Intercut are scenes of her playing the vibraphone with her orchestra.

A collection of 6 Christmas Song Favorites. Beautiful artwork, some animation (with lights), film-reel loops of a boy's choir (dubbed over by a men's choir), in different locations and English subtitles that don't always match the singing. Nice Little Christmas Movie.

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

A Soundie with Vanita Smythe.

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

Nat 'King' Cole perform "Got a Penny, Benny?"

The Jubalaires sing "Oh, Noah."

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

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Southern Scandal."

Big Band leader and 1930s Broadway starlet Gracie Barrie sings a lovely little ditty about a wife's revenge on her cheating husband.

Who Dunit to Who, with June Richmond's Soundie.

A little Novelty film made in 1945 featuring the Jansleys - most soundies were filmed indoors but not this one. Acrobats showing off some tricks.

Cab Calloway perform "Blowtop Blues".

The Jubalaires perform "Brother Bill".

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.

Mable Lee sings and dances.

In this soundie, Tosh Hammed sings "Dance Your Old Age Away" and performs a series of impressive dance moves in old age makeup.

The Counts and the Countess perform "Five Salted Peanuts".

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

Nat 'King' Cole sings "Frim Fram Sauce".

This Soundie features Mabel Lee singing a song called "Half Past Jump Time".

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

A musically themed film cutting back and forth between Stepin Fetchit at home in bed and a jazz band providing the film's swing music. (imdb)

Gloria Parker plays on marimba.

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".

Tiny Grimes and his band perform #Romance Without Finance".

A Soundie with Pat Flowers's Scotch Boogie.

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with June Christy perform "Tampico".

Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five and their Tillie.

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Walking with My Honey".

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

Meritta Moore and her group dance.

Soundie featuring "champion judo experts" Mary Parker and Lou Leonard.

Harold Richards and Jeanne Claire sing "Sweet Leilani".

The Chanticleers perform “Babbling Bess.”

A party filled with music and dancing.

A Soundie with Cook and Brown and the Sepia Steppers.

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

There's a attractive young lady sitting on the porch with a guitar player, and she starts moving to the beat, she appears to be flirting with the guitar player, then a guy comes up and grabs her hand to dance, leaving the guitar player displeased. The girl and guy start lindy hopping in the street, then other neighbors and passer-bys start dancing to. Lynn Albritton, the piano player, starts everyone "dancing in the street."

Lina Romay sings "Don't Get Around Much Anymore".

Chris Cross and crew sing "I Wanna Be a Fireman".

The Four Ginger Snaps sing us a song.

Sleeping dancers and musicians are woken up by a cheerful melody and start dancing and playing.

Soundies short film featuring Maurice Rocco performing “Rock It For Me” on the piano.

Soundie with a dance performance from Jayne Dodge & Roye Dodge.

Eddie Peabody charms three women with music.

"Tiger Rag" starring Walter Liberace at the piano. Liberace plays a "double time, rhythm arrangement" of the title song while two attractive ladies watch in this Soundie.

A Soundie with The Four Ginger Snaps.

Toni Lane sings a song gleefully anticipating and celebrating the point in time when Hitler would be gone for good.

A Soundie with The Four Ginger Snaps.

Short featuring dancing styles of Alice Barker and Edna Mae Harris among others.

A Soundie featuring the Florence Pepper with The Cameo Girls