Tap! Filmography - The Short Films
from Appendix B of Tap! The greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 by Rusty Frank, published 1990
"From the 1920s-1950s, there were very few musical films made that did not have tap dancing in some form. This appendix concentrates on "featured" tap dancers - solo, and groups. There are some entries listed here that have not been viewed since their original release. In these cases it is assumed that the tap dancer did perlorm a tap number in the film."
+ means information I added
++ is an entry from Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall & Jean Stearns, 1994
+++ is an entry that I added
Several "Soudies" entries are missing from IMDb, too many to list here.
Companion list: Tap! Filmography - The Feature Films
"From the 1920s-1950s, there were very few musical films made that did not have tap dancing in some form. This appendix concentrates on "featured" tap dancers - solo, and groups. There are some entries listed here that have not been viewed since their original release. In these cases it is assumed that the tap dancer did perlorm a tap number in the film."
+ means information I added
++ is an entry from Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall & Jean Stearns, 1994
+++ is an entry that I added
Several "Soudies" entries are missing from IMDb, too many to list here.
Companion list: Tap! Filmography - The Feature Films
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- DirectorEdwin S. PorterBased on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. After getting some help to escape the slave traders who are looking for her, she then must try to cross the icy Ohio River if she wants to be free. Meanwhile, Tom is sold from one master to another, and his fortunes vary widely.Early examples of Time Step, Breaks, the Strut and Cakewalk
- DirectorS. Jay KaufmanStarsJames BartonElaine ArdenMattie PurnellParamount/ James Barton (performing in blackface)
- StarsRuby KeelerMovietone/ Tap dance, two minutes
- DirectorDudley MurphyStarsDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington OrchestraFredi WashingtonDuke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline.RKO/ Five Hot Shots
- DirectorPaul PowellStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesBeulah Hall JonesPathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- DirectorCarl HarbaughStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesSpencer WilliamsIn this two-reel short, adapted and adjusted from Hugh Wiley's "Wildcat", the comedy team of Buck (Ford Washington Lee) and Bubbles (John W. Bubbles), simple in their methods and refreshing in their style, sing, dance and laugh their way to the end.Pathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesPathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- DirectorJack FoleyStarsPat RooneyPatricia RooneyPat Rooney Jr.Universal/ Rooney Family with Pat Rooney, Sr
- DirectorDudley MurphyStarsBessie SmithJimmy MordecaiIsabel WashingtonIn her only known film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith witnesses her lover's betrayal, then sings a powerful rendition of the title song.Radio Pictures/ Jimmy Mordecai
- DirectorRoy MackStarsJohnnie Pirrone Jr.Peggy RyanJudy GarlandWarner/ Johnny Perrone, Peggy Ryan
- DirectorWilliam FosterRay NazarroStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesPathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- DirectorLarry CeballosStarsAnn PenningtonNorman SelbyJames ClemensA revue built around dancer Ann Pennington), hindered only slightly by a slight plot line. It contains four songs, including the title song, and several dance numbers and lots of chorus girls, shot in early-day Technicolor.Vitaphone/ Ann Pennington
- DirectorPaul PowellStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesBubbles comes back to get his job back and finds that the new servant has taken not only his job, but his girl.Pathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- DirectorWilliam FosterPaul PowellStarsFord Washington LeeJohn W. BubblesA mysterious black bag, buried in a haystack by a couple of crooks, is found by Wildcat (Buck) and his pal Denny (Bubbles). It is full of money and when the guys try to return it, funny things happen.Pathe/ Buck and Bubbles
- StarsBetty ComptonJack WhiteJohn HundleyWarner/ Betty Compton
- DirectorMonty BanksStarsLeonard HenryEthel BairdBarrie OliverA beauty salon owner puts on a cabaret.Twickenham Studios/ Sammy Lewis
- DirectorMurray RothStarsJames BartonVitaphone/ James Barton
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey plays a bluesy tune on a piano on a stage. Minnie sings. Then an unseen band plays while both sing and dance. Mickey then leads the 9-piece band in an uptempo number, with Pluto on trombone, Horace on percussion, and Clarabelle on bass, among others. Mickey steps out for a clarinet solo.Disney/ Mickey and Minnie Mouse
- DirectorRoy MackStarsEubie BlakeNina Mae McKinneyThe Nicholas BrothersTwo boys eat a blackberry pie, then they and their mother are transported to a musical set where Eubie Blake and his band are playing some great jazz.Warner/ Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsClaude HopkinsClaude Hopkins & OrchestraOrlando RobersonAn elderly barber shop owner wins a sweepstake and uses the winnings to elaborately remodel his run-down shop. For in-house entertainment he hires his musician friends as the jazz orchestra and the four shoeshiners are skilled tap dancers.Vitaphone/ Four Step Brothers, +(Nicholas Brothers appear in credits but not in the short; watched online)
- DirectorFred WallerStarsDuke EllingtonIvie AndersonFlorence HillDuke Ellington and his orchestra play two jazz compositions plus 'Stormy Weather' (sung by Ivy Anderson).Paramount/ Florence Hill and Bessie Dudley
- DirectorRoy MackStarsMills Blue Rhythm BandSally GoodingFredi WashingtonMusical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."Warner/ Possibly Blues McAllister, Jump-rope dance, Three Dukes
- DirectorRoy MackStarsEthel WatersSammy Davis Jr.Hamtree HarringtonRufus Jones, a black child, is elected President of the United States in this short musical comedy. The film features song and dance numbers by a seven year old Sammy Davis Jr..Warner/ Sammy Davis, Jr., Will Vodery Girls chorus line tap
- DirectorJack GoldbergStarsLucky MillinderPutney DandridgeJoe ByrdA musical comedy telling a simple story of backstage life and romance.Unidentified production company connected to Jack Goldberg)/ Uncredited solo tap dancer, chorus tap
- DirectorSig HerzigStarsStepin FetchitLethia HillUna La BekWhen is wife makes her radio singing debut, her lazy-bones husband is too lazy to lift a finger. Includes the classic song "Lazy Bones."Skibo Prod. for Educ. Film through Fox/ Bunny Briggs, Cotton Club Girls
- DirectorRoy MackStarsSmall's Paradise EntertainersWayman CarverSidney CatlettA group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise money for a sick member of their group.Vitaphone/ Ace and Eddie, Danny (jump-rope tap), Smalls' Paradise chorus line, "Rubber Legs" Williams
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsBudd HulickF. Chase TaylorHarold NicholasAn animated short chronicling the adventures of Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd.Max Fleischer/Paramount/ Harold Nicholas
- DirectorRoy MackStarsNoble SissleCora La ReddThe Washboard SerenadersTwo night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop.Vitaphone/ Cora La Redd
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyMitzi MayfairPat Rooney Jr.The story of a likable young man can't hold a job because he is always daydreaming usually about girlfriend Mitzi.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy, Mitzi Mayfair
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsHal Le RoyMitzi MayfairCora WitherspoonThe love-struck couple Mitzi and Hal are expelled from school after a prom, where Hal stayed behind and hid in a closet and was found dressed as a girl.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsDon RedmanRed & StruggieRedIn a nightclub setting, Don Redman and His Orchestra perform three songs, and one number is performed by singers/tap dancers 'Red' and Struggie. (For the list of songs, check the soundtrack listing).Warner/ Red and Struggles
- DirectorRoy MackStarsBill RobinsonErnest WhitmanDusty FletcherA talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.Vitaphone/ Bill Robinson
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsHarry RoseJ. Harold MurrayMartha RayeUniversal/ Buck and Bubbles, Martha Raye
- DirectorRoy MackStarsDorothy StoneBob HopeBillie LeonardIn this musical short, a condensed version of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929), a wealthy young American meets the girl of his dreams and makes a bet that they will be engaged without her knowing of his riches.Warner/ Paula Stone
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyDawn O'DayJack FultonHal and Dawn work at the same vaudeville theater (he's an usher; she's a chorus girl). When they both get fired, they form an act and vow to get back to their old theater--as performers.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyDawn O'DayDorothy DareHal LeRoy is hired as a tap teacher at Dawn O'Day's dancing school to give private lessons to female students. The school's manager, as well as some of his students, spreads false stories that Hal's lessons involve more than just tap dancing. He is fired and starts his own dancing school in the same building as O'Day's. Hal and Dawn now realize that their relationship was more than just business.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorGeorge M. ArthurStarsAnson WeeksBob CrosbyToby WingBob Crosby feels inferior to brother Bing, but needs to land a big band job before he can marry sweetheart Toby. Auditioning for Anson Weeks' band, he fantasizes about Toby and some barely clad showgirls.Paramount/ chorus tap
- DirectorWilliam WatsonStarsWill MahoneyBob GeraghtyMarion MartinFox/ Will Mahoney, Two uncredited tap dancing roller skaters
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyDorothy DareGeorge WattsHal and a theater manager see people watching a building excavation for entertainment. They suggest that city employees entertain their customers, including a singing tax collector. Hal becomes the Mayor's assistant.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsJames BartonWill AhernGladys AhernJames Barton appears in four burlesque skits; one in which, aided by The Arkansas Travelers band, he does a parody of a "Mammy" singer; another one, supported by the Will and Gladys Ahearn dance team, in which he does a Mexican adagio number. A third one has him getting involved in a barroom situation in which two two drunks, a man and wife, are battering each other. The 4th one involves a vaudeville act known as "Berverly & Revel."Universal/ James Barton
- DirectorRoy MackStarsAdelaide HallThe Nicholas BrothersThe 3 WhippetsBlack vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a group of acrobats; and The Five Racketeers, a band that initially backs up Eunice Wilson and then sings "Tiger Rag".Vitaphone/ Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorRoy MackStarsClaude HopkinsOrlando RobersonTip Tap & ToeThis Vitaphone Melody Master starts off on the Louisiana levees, and then shifts to a California nightclub, where Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra are performing. Orlando Roberson sings a couple of songs, and Tip, Tap and Toe provide some minstrel hoofing. The latter is three men...Tip (one person),Tap (another person), and Toe (a third person), and are not a duo as shown on site made up of Tip Tap (one person) and Toe (another person.)Warner/ Tip, Tap and Toe
- DirectorHerbert MoultonStarsMack GordonHarry RevelLyda RobertiThis short plugs the new tunes written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the movie "College Rhythm" and shows the audience how they were written and rehearsed. Naturally it also advertises the movie.Paramount/ Uncredited white tap duet
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsHal Le RoyMary Joan MartinArthur Petley TroupeA New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelAn elderly couple recall their life while listening to music on the radio.Paramount/ Ruby Keeler, Hal Leroy
- DirectorFred WallerStarsDuke EllingtonDuke Ellington OrchestraBarney BigardDuke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues, 3) A Hymn of Sorrow, 4) Harlem Rhythm.Paramount/ "Snakehips" Tucker
- DirectorRoy MackStarsPat RooneyPat Rooney Jr.Blossom SeeleyA miniature vaudeville show, complete with a title card introducing each act, is presented. First up is The On-Wah Troupe, an East Asian group of contortionists. Next, Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields sing a duet of the song, "Why Don't You Practice What You Preach". Third up, father and son Pat Rooney and Pat Rooney Jr. perform a recitation and dance musing about if they will ever be as clever as their dad. And the last act on the bill is The Runaway Four, a group of comic acrobats.Vitaphone/ (VAUDEVILLE REEL NO. 4); Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Jr
- DirectorFred WallerStarsIna Ray HuttonThe MeloDearsA swing music short starring Ina Ray Hutton and her 'all-girl' band.Paramount/ Ina Ray Hutton
- DirectorRoy MackStarsNina Mae McKinneyThe Nicholas BrothersThe Washboard SerenadersBrutus Johnson, owner of the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Company, sponsors the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Variety Program on the Black Network Broadcasting Co. Mezzanine Johnson, Brutus' controlling wife, has her own views of what she would like to happen on the show, she who believes has the right since it is her father who put up the money for the business. Mezzanine wants to take over the lead female singer spot from Nina Mae McKinney. This news does not sit well with Brutus, who still cannot control what his wife does. It also does not sit well with either Nina or Emmett 'Babe' Wallace, her male counterpart, the two who see themselves as a team and who learn the news through the grapevine. As the show continues and Mezzanine plots her take-over, Nina Mae and Babe have to figure out what to do to save their spots and to save the show. Nina Mae and Babe may get some unwitting help from The Nicholas Brothers, who plan to audition for the amateur segment of the show but who sell lucky number tickets as their regular business, and the radio listening public.Vitaphone/ Nicholas Brothers
- DirectorBobby ConnollyStarsSybil JasonHalliwell HobbesSidney BraceyOn New Year's Eve, a girl is told a story by her grandfather about his days in a military regiment; then, the girl dreams she's at the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace.Warner/ Sybil Jason
- DirectorWilliam WatsonStarsMiriam VerneBill BaileyThree Cordoba SistersSkibo Productions, rel. by Educational Pictures/ Bill Bailey
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsJimmie LuncefordJimmie Lunceford and His OrchestraThe Three Brown JacksIn Hell, Satan appears to tell us that rhythm is coming to life again, then we're taken to a sound stage where Jimmie Lunceford conducts his dance orchestra. He's in black tie and a tuxedo of white tales and black trousers. He announces that rhythm is our business, and that's the orchestra's first number, with vocal, sax, bass, and trumpet solos. Myra Johnson sings "You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes" in her animated style, the Three Brown Jacks tap dance, and the short closes with two up-tempo numbers with two sax players tap dancing and the horn players taking off their tux coats to start a make-shift percussion section.Warner/ The Three Brown Jacks
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyEleanore WhitneyAllen GoodeVitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorCharley ChaseHarold LawStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharley ChaseCharlie relates his harrowing vacation to his co-workers, including his encounter with two confused, derby-hatted hitchikers.Hal Roach/ Charlie Chase, Rosina Lawrence
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsRed NicholsThe Five PenniesThe Wallace SistersWarner/ Two black tap dancers
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyToby WingFrances HuntA doctor develops pills that make Hal a great tap dancer. Lola Green sees Hal dancing in a drugstore and asks him to join her vaudeville show. Everything is fine until Hal's pills disappear.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- StarsEdward PaulBetty Jane CooperDonald NovisParamount/ Betty Jane Cooper and Lathrop Brothers
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsBenny BartlettDorothy LamourJoey RardinIn this entry to the Hollywood Star Reporter series (reporting only on stars with Paramount contracts or connections at the time), Ted Husing drops in on Bennie Bartlett and is surprised to find the 9-year-old kid can play the trumpet and is a songwriter but the song Bartlett sings - "The Old Fashioned Mill" - was not written by him; and then, Husing turns his attention to Dorothy Lamour's screen test and shows why Paramount cast her in the title role of the recently-released "Jungle Princess." Dorthy sings "Love Is Like a Cigarette." Husing then spends about two-and-a-half minutes watching a novelty-music entertainer named Joie Rardin, with Ben Bernie's Band, do some novelty-music entertaining. This segment of this short was edited from the television version, which is why the film version runs ten minutes and the television version (available for viewing on YouTube) only runs seven minutes and forty-nine seconds. And for a wind-up, Husing watches Vera Marshe and Louis Da Pron, recent Paramount contractees from Broadway, dance up a storm.Paramount/ Louis DaPron and Vera Marshall
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBen Carter ChoirMel BlancBasin Street BoysThe Lord sees that the stock value of "Pair-o-dice" is dropping on the exchange so he dispatches a slow-witted and slow-talking angel to sinful Harlem to recruit new customers. When this fails, God finds success sending a group of musical angels with a little more swing in their style, so much so that even the Devil wants to join up!Warner Merrie Melodies/ Bill Robinson (cartoon)
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsGus VanErskine HawkinsToyDown in Hades, Satan and an audience of devils enjoy band music, a singing trio and a pair of dancers.RKO/ Toy and Wing
- DirectorRobert HallStarsTim HerbertPat Rooney Jr.Sally StarrNewlywed Pat gets a raise from his boss. Herman, seeing how simple it is, tells his boss of his own marriage plans. All goes well until both bosses drop in on both young men to "meet the bride." Pat's bride finds herself playing both wives.Educational Pictures/ Pat Rooney, Jr. and Herman Timberg, Jr
- DirectorArthur DreifussStarsLes HiteJune RichmondAfter a bang on the head, a musician dreams of a musical court looking in to a murder.Condor Pictures through RKO/ Two uncredited black tap dancers
- DirectorRobert HallStarsThe Rhythm BoysFreddy HickeyElaineEducational Pictures/ Three Rhythm Boys
- DirectorRobert HallStarsTim HerbertPat Rooney Jr.Dora MaughamPat wants to marry Nancy, but her mother refuses. Pat gets Herman to pose as Nancy's new suitor, expecting that he will be refused in favor of Pat. But mother tricks them by welcoming Herman into the family, and Pat has to do some quick thinking to get Herman off the hook.Educational Pictures/ Pat Rooney, Jr. and Herman Timberg, Jr
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsDona DrakeAnita JacobiThe Four NorsemenDona Drake (as Rita Rio) and her all-girl band work in a ritzy setting, and perform some hot melodies, with Rita singing and dancing. Several feature acts are introduced; the first---The Four Norsemen---is a singing male quartet. Then come the Four Specs, a colored aggregation who do some amazing stepping. The finales has Rita in combination with Anita Jacobi, an acrobatic tap dancer.RKO/ Four Specs
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsHal Le RoyJune AllysonKay HamiltonVitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorFred WallerStarsIna Ray HuttonThe Winsted TrioParamount/ Ina Ray Hutton
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyJune AllysonToni LaneJune Daily, daughter of stockbroker J. C. Daily, is engaged to father's assistant Richard Burton, but is enamored of tap-dancing elevator operator Hal Smith. J.C. has a hot tip on stock for the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. When Richard goes out of town, June invites Hal to dinner with J.C. J.C. is no snob, and seizes the opportunity to ask an "expert" about Upsadaisy Elevators. Hal gives them a ringing endorsement, and J.C. buys all the stock he can get. When Richard learns this, he breaks his engagement to June, thinking J.C. has gone broke. But the stock flourishes, and J.C. introduces Hal as his new partner and future son-in-law. Lots of songs and dance in 21 minutes.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsArmidaBen LessyRKO/ Samuels Brothers and Edith Fleming
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsClyde HagerJan PeerceCotton Club Tramp BandUsing the backdrop and excitement of a local carnival, this soundie short features four different and unique acts, from the fast talking carnival barker (Clyde Hager) and the singing of Jon Peerce to the great jazz music of the Cotton Club Tramp Band and a tap dance routine performed by Three DeLovelies.RKO/ Three De Loveliers
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsBilly JonesErnie HareEmerson's MountaineersUniversal/ Danzi Goodell
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsHal KempRobert AllenSaxie DowellThis 1938 Paramount "Headliner" short is not the same as the 1941 Vitaphone short also titled Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1941) . The numbers here include; "How I Miss You", "If I Loved You More", "Small Fry" (performed by Judy and Patsy Starr), "Moments Like This" and "Beating Around the Mulberry Bush."Paramount/ Patsy Starr
- DirectorFrank TashlinFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherBasin Street BoysAnother entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all joining in on a song, The Thin Man entering The White House Cookbook and exiting much fatter, and The House of Seven (Clark) Gables singing backup to Old King Cole. The Three Musketeers break loose, become Three Men on a Horse, grab the Seven Keys to Baldpate, and set the Prisoner of Zenda free. They are soon chased by horsemen from The Charge of the Light Brigade and Under Two Flags and beset by the cannons of All Quiet on the Western Front. All this disturbs the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, who opens Hurricane so that everyone is (all together now) Gone with the Wind.Warner Merrie Melodies/ Bill Robinson (cartoon)
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsRoy Smeck and His Aloha IslandersRoy SmeckAda BrownNu-Atlas/RKO/ Princess Chryo
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyJune AllysonEarlyne SchoolsHal and June meet through her apartment window, she stuck inside since she can't leave because she fears being locked out if she does by the landlord due to back rent owed, and he a sign painter painting over the current advertisement directly across from her apartment window. June treats the current sign, which features a knight, as her only constant companion while she's stuck inside. Hal and June's connection is primarily through their mutual love of dance. Hal, falling for June on first sight, vows to help her, she who needs work, but who cannot look for work without leaving the apartment. Through their connection, they, including June's friend Earlyne, who is also helping her while she goes through her own issues of looking for work, can't help but sing and dance when given the opportunity.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorRoy MackStarsHal Le RoyEddie Foy Jr.June AllysonMusical satire based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" in which a commoner takes the place of a lookalike king.Vitaphone/ Hal Leroy
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsDorothy StoneCharles CollinsYost's Singing DozenA comedy, musical variety show is being recorded for the radio.RKO/ Charles Collins
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldStarsCharles KingVirginia VerrillHarrison & FischerRKO/ Marion Daniels
- DirectorRoy MackStarsPat Rooney Jr.Rose MoranJane FrazeeVitaphone/ Pat Rooney
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsRed SkeltonNick CondosSteve CondosThrough the terms of a will in which he inherits a lot of money if he will run a dude ranch for six months and get away from the city, Red figures out a plan to build a night-club dude ranch on Broadway, so he will not have to abandon his beloved Broadway night-life. He hires the Condos Brothers (Nick, Frank and Harry) to do their dance routines, and the trick-roping act of Maidie & Ray. Red supplies his own brand of emceeing the acts, while the music is supplied by Hank Lawson and His Texans.Vitaphone/ Condos Brothers
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsHal Le RoyBetty HuttonChaz ChaseThe government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of the jitterbug, who they've coined "Public Jitterbug No. 1". Hal Sturges is one of several agents working on the case who goes undercover as a dancer in Broadway haunts to find and capture Public Jitterbug No. 1. In his investigation, Hal runs across the beautiful Betty, a seemingly innocent bystander. Hal and Betty fall for each other. However Betty is unaware that Hal is a federal agent, and Hal is unaware that Betty is Public Jitterbug No. 1. Will their roles as agent and public menace number one take priority over their roles of man and woman?Vitaphone/ Hal LeRoy
- DirectorMilton SchwarzwaldNu-Atlas through RKO/ Karavaeff, "Russian tap"
- DirectorRoy MackStarsRed SkeltonA. RobinsThe Merry MacsWhen he is fired from his job, Red puts a hex on his boss. That evening, the boss goes to a nightclub and discovers that the hex worked.Warner/ Louis DaPron
- DirectorLarry CeballosStarsFay McKenzieFollowing a brief skit concerning a villain, a hero and a the fair damsel, a variety of the "cake walk" era is presented: singing waiters, juggling, eccentric dancing and other acts are represented.Universal/ Possibly The Three Castles
- DirectorLarry CeballosStarsBuddy PepperPeggy RyanDennett and DaeUniversal/ Dennet and Dae, Dorothy Roberts
- DirectorReginald Le BorgUniversal/ Louis DaPron
- DirectorRobert R. SnodyStarsThe Deep River BoysFrancine EverettThe Sepia SteppersSoundies Corp/ Cook and Brown
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsSonny DunhamLouis Da PronHarriet ClarkSonny Dunham and his Orchestra perform several hit songs. The entertainment is completed with acrobatics and tap dancing from Louis Da Pron, Harriet Clark, The Three Comets and Ray Kellogg.Universal/ Louis DaPron
- StarsBill RobinsonJeanne BayerDeanie GordonSoundies Corp/ Bill Robinson
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsSix Hits and a MissThe Dancing ColleensRudolph Friml Jr. and His BandA musical which begins with six men and a woman singing; then a dance number; finally, the six men and woman sing again.Warner/ Paul Draper, Ruby Keeler
- DirectorLarry CeballosReginald Le BorgUniversal/ Peggy Ryan
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsHarry JamesHarry James and His OrchestraHelen ForrestUniversal/ Jivin' Jacls and Jills, Grace MacDonald
- StarsThe ChanticleersPanoram Soundies/ Probably Argalie "Tommy" Thompson
- DirectorSam BaerwitzStarsRobert BlakeJanet BurstonBilly 'Froggy' LaughlinThe Our Gang kids salute the armed forces in a stage show featuring songs, skits and impersonations of celebrities of the time.MGM/ Dickie Love, others (Our Gang)
- DirectorJosef BerneStarsCount BasieDelta Rhythm BoysThe Layson BrothersUniversal/ Nicholas Brothers (+not in IMDb credits)
- DirectorBud PollardStarsStepin FetchitFrancine EverettLou SwarzA wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice.All-American/ NewsRoclcy Brown
- DirectorJack SchollStarsThe 3 WhippetsCab CallowayThe Five RacketeersThe Warners Shorts department, always ready when it came to making something new out of something old, took archive footage from two earlier Vitaphone shorts---"An All-Colored Vaudeville Show, 1935" and "Hi De Ho, 1937"---and came up with "Dixieland Jamboree" in 1946. "Archive footage" performers include Eunice Wilson, Adelaide Hall, the Five Racketeers, the 3 Whippets, the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold)and Cab Calloway.Vitaphone/ Nicholas Brothers (footage is ca. 1934)
- DirectorJosh BinneyStarsLollypop JonesRobert WalkerJames DunmoreAll black cast horror short about a strange voodoo man who can kill women and then move their bodies wherever he wants. This time out his just wants to torment Lollypop Jones with a body that keeps showing up no matter where he goes.All-American News/ 'Lollypop' Jones, Jimmy Walker
- DirectorWill CowanStarsJan GarberJulia LondonLorraine KruegerSack Amusement/ Clyde "Slim" Thompson
- DirectorBud PollardStarsMantan MorelandMonte HawleyFrancine EverettProfessional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads to a murder that is solved by club comic Mantan Moreland and club photographer Butterbeans (Barbara Bradford). But the plot takes little screen time, most of which is devoted to stage acts at the nightclub.Astor/ Thelma Cordero