Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933)

Musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."

Director:

Roy Mack

Writer:

Cyrus Wood (continuity)

Stars:

Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Sally Gooding, Fredi Washington

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mills Blue Rhythm Band	...	Band / Orchestra
Sally Gooding	...	Singer
Fredi Washington	...	Dancer
Hamtree Harrington
'Blues' McAllister
The Three Dukes	...	Dancers

Storyline

Musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."

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Plot Keywords:

rent party | jazz | jungle | manhattan new york city | racial stereotype | 

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Genres:

Short | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1933 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vitaphone Corporation, The, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vitaphone production reel #1586.

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Soundtracks

"There Goes My Headache"
(uncredited)
Music by James P. Johnson
Lyrics by Andy Razaf
Sung by Sally Gooding with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band

User Reviews

Nice Musical

Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1934)

*** (out of 4)

Vitaphone musical has a group of people seeing various dance and musical acts at a nightclub and then they travel to a party where they see even more. This short from Warner is pretty special for a couple reasons. For one it features an all-black cast, which certainly wasn't the norm back in 1934. It was rather refreshing seeing something that didn't feature blacks in a supporting role or being played by white actors in blackface. Another reason why this short is so special is that we get some great musical numbers including songs by Blues McAllister and Sally Gooding. The dance numbers are very good and come from what we would call swing and jazz. The musical numbers are very well done and you can tell that director Mack put a lot of effort into them.