1923-1939 Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Black music and dance performances in films

by enriquemadera | Public

260 titles
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs 1. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)

3 min | Documentary, Short, Music

6.1

parts of 2 songs

Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River 2. Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River (1923)

Short, Music

8.1
The Jubilee Four 3. The Jubilee Four (1924)

Short

Sunrise 4. Sunrise (1927)

Passed | 94 min | Drama, Romance

8.1

Fletcher Henderson: part of 1 song

Black and Tan 5. Black and Tan (1929)

Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Drama, Music

6.5

Duke Ellington: all or part of 5 songs

St. Louis Blues 6. St. Louis Blues (1929)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Music

6.5

Bessie Smith

Show Boat 7. Show Boat (1929)

Passed | 147 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

6.1

Jules Bledsoe: 2 songs; Dixie Jubilee Singers: all or part of 4 songs

Jailhouse Blues 8. Jailhouse Blues (1929)

7 min | Short, Musical

Mamie Smith: all or part of 2 songs

Hallelujah 9. Hallelujah (1929)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Musical

6.7

Nina Mae McKinney: 3 songs

Old Man Trouble 10. Old Man Trouble (1929)

7 min | Short, Musical

Jules Bledsoe: 2 songs

Manhattan Serenade 11. Manhattan Serenade (1929)

20 min | Short, Musical

7

Nina Mae McKinney: 1 song

On with the Show! 12. On with the Show! (1929)

Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

5.8

Ethel Waters: 2 songs

Music Hath Harms 13. Music Hath Harms (1929)

Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short, Music

5
Harlem-Mania 14. Harlem-Mania (1929)

8 min | Short, Music

6.4

Norman Thomas Quintette: all or part of 3 songs

Fowl Play 15. Fowl Play (1929)

Passed | 23 min | Short, Comedy

After Seben 16. After Seben (1929)

15 min | Short, Musical

Chick Webb

On the Levee 17. On the Levee (1929)

8 min | Short, Musical

Jules Bledsoe: all or part of 3 songs

Low Down - A Bird's Eye View of Harlem 18. Low Down - A Bird's Eye View of Harlem (1929)

Short, Musical

Washboard Serenaders

Cora Green, the Famous Creole Singer 19. Cora Green, the Famous Creole Singer (1929)

Short, Musical

Red Nichols and His Five Pennies 20. Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (1929)

Short, Music

5.2

all or part of 5 songs

Brown Gravy 21. Brown Gravy (1929)

18 min | Short, Musical

Georgia Jubilee Singers

Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra 22. Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra (1929)

8 min | Short, Musical

Jack Teagarden (with Ben Pollack): part of 4 songs

Check and Double Check 23. Check and Double Check (1930)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy

4.9

Duke Ellington: all or part of 3 songs

Murder for Sale 24. Murder for Sale (1930)

102 min | Comedy, Musical

6.5

Sidney Bechet

Swing High 25. Swing High (1930)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Musical

6.1

Clarence Muse: 1 song

Dixiana 26. Dixiana (1930)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

5.2

Bill Robinson: part of 1 song

They Learned About Women 27. They Learned About Women (1930)

Passed | 95 min | Musical, Drama

5.2

Nina Mae McKinney: part of 1 song

Buddy Traps in 'Sound Effects' 28. Buddy Traps in 'Sound Effects' (1930)

Short, Musical

Buddy Rich

Czar of Broadway 29. Czar of Broadway (1930)

79 min | Crime, Drama

6.8

Mildred Bailey: ghost singer on 1 song

Dear Old Southland 30. Dear Old Southland (1930)

4 min | Short, Music

Jules Bledsoe: 1 song

Yamekraw 31. Yamekraw (1930)

10 min | Short, Musical

6.3

Louise Cook dancer

Hellbound Train 32. Hellbound Train (1930)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

5.2

silent film with plot about Jazz putting you on the track to hell

Georgia Rose 33. Georgia Rose (1930)

Musical

Deep South 34. Deep South (1930)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

5.2
Dirigible 35. Dirigible (1931)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure

6.3

Clarence Muse: part of 1 song

Safe in Hell 36. Safe in Hell (1931)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

6.9

Nina Mae McKinney: part of 1 song

The Exile 37. The Exile (1931)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

4.8

First All-Black Talkie: Don Heywood Band with Leonard Harper & Chorines; Celeste Cole singer; Louise Cook & Roland Holder dancers

Heaven on Earth 38. Heaven on Earth (1931)

Passed | 77 min | Drama

5.9

Clarence Muse: part of 1 song

The Darktown Revue 39. The Darktown Revue (1931)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Music

4.8

Don Heywood Choir with Celese Cole singer

Pardon Us 40. Pardon Us (1931)

Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

6.8
Minnie the Moocher 41. Minnie the Moocher (1932)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.3

Cab Calloway: all or part of 3 songs

Smash Your Baggage 42. Smash Your Baggage (1932)

10 min | Short, Musical

7.1

Small's Paradise Entertainerd: all or part of 5 songs

Harlem Is Heaven 43. Harlem Is Heaven (1932)

69 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

6.2

Bill Robinson, Eubie Blake

The Black King 44. The Black King (1932)

72 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

4.9

all or part of 2 songs

Big City Blues 45. Big City Blues (1932)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Drama

6.1

Clarence Muse: all or part of 2 songs

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You 46. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)

7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

6.4

Louis Armstrong: all or part of 3 songs

If I Had a Million 47. If I Had a Million (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

6.9

Clarence Muse: part of 1 song

I Ain't Got Nobody 48. I Ain't Got Nobody (1932)

9 min | Animation, Short, Music

7.4

Mills Brothers: all or part of 2 songs

The Big Broadcast 49. The Big Broadcast (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.6

Cab Calloway: 3 songs; Mills Brothers: 1 song

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue 50. A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

6.8

Louis Armstrong: 2 songs

Pie, Pie, Blackbird 51. Pie, Pie, Blackbird (1932)

11 min | Short, Musical

7

Eubie Blake: all or part of 5 songs; Nina Mae McKinney: all or part of 2 songs; Nicholas Brothers: part of 1 song

Veiled Aristocrats 52. Veiled Aristocrats (1932)

48 min | Drama

4.9

Bernardine Mason: all or part of 2 songs; Mabel Garrett: part of 1 song

Ten Minutes to Live 53. Ten Minutes to Live (1932)

Not Rated | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

4.1

Don Haywood: arranger and bandleader

Snow-White 54. Snow-White (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.4

Cab Calloway: part of 1 song

Dinah 55. Dinah (1933)

8 min | Animation, Short, Music

7.4

Mills Brothers

That's the Spirit 56. That's the Spirit (1933)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Music

6.6

Noble Sissle: all or part of 6 songs; Washboard Serenaders: part of 1 song

The Old Man of the Mountain 57. The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

7.4

Cab Calloway: all or part of 4 songs

When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba 58. When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba (1933)

4 min | Animation, Short, Music

7.2

Mills Brothers: all or part of 2 songs

A Bundle of Blues 59. A Bundle of Blues (1933)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Music

6.9

Duke Ellington: all or part of 5 songs (1 sung by Ivie Anderson)

Rufus Jones for President 60. Rufus Jones for President (1933)

21 min | Short, Comedy, Family

6.6

Ethel Waters: 3 songs; Sammy Davis Jr.: 1 song

The Big Benefit 61. The Big Benefit (1933)

20 min | Short, Music

Bill Robinson: part of 1 song

I Heard 62. I Heard (1933)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7

Don Redman: all or part of 3 songs

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 63. Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

5.8

Clarence Muse: 1 song

The Emperor Jones 64. The Emperor Jones (1933)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music

6.4

Paul Roberson: all or part of 4 songs; James P. Johnson: part of 1 song

Scandal 65. Scandal (1933)

30 min | Short, Musical

Lucky Millinder

Barber Shop Blues 66. Barber Shop Blues (1933)

10 min | Short, Musical

6.8

Four Step Brothers (with Claude Hopkins)

Stoopnocracy 67. Stoopnocracy (1933)

11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

5.8

Harold Nicholas (imitating Cab Calloway): part of 1 song

Change Your Luck 68. Change Your Luck (1933)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Ethel Waters & Southernaires Quartet

Boswell Sisters 69. Boswell Sisters (1933)

20 min | Musical, Short

International House 70. International House (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy

6.9

Cab Calloway: 1 song

On the Air and Off 71. On the Air and Off (1933)

20 min | Musical, Short

Adelaide Hall

Nick Kenny's Radio Thrills No. 2 72. Nick Kenny's Radio Thrills No. 2 (1933)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Mildred Bailey

Broadway Bill 73. Broadway Bill (1934)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

6.7

Clarence Muse: part of 1 song

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho 74. Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)

Not Rated | 10 min | Musical, Short

7.2

parts of 3 songs

King for a Day 75. King for a Day (1934)

TV-G | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

6.7

Bill Robinson: all or part of 6 songs (2 with Hattie Noel)

Murder at the Vanities 76. Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Music, Musical

6.5

Duke Ellington: part of 1 song

Operator 13 77. Operator 13 (1934)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, History, Musical

5.9

Mills Brothers: part of 3 songs

The Count of Monte Cristo 78. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

7.4

Clarence Muse: 1 song

Zou Zou 79. Zou Zou (1934)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Musical, Romance

6.3

Josephine Baker: 3 songs

Oh, What a Business! 80. Oh, What a Business! (1934)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Ink Spots

Kid Millions 81. Kid Millions (1934)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.7

Harold Nicholas: all or part of 2 songs

Judge Priest 82. Judge Priest (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2

Hattie McDaniel: all or part of 5 songs

Death at a Broadcast 83. Death at a Broadcast (1934)

71 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

5.8

Elisabeth Welch: 1 song

Twenty Million Sweethearts 84. Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

6.3

Mills Brothers: all or part of 3 songs

Don Redman & His Orchestra 85. Don Redman & His Orchestra (1934)

10 min | Short, Music

6.1

all or part of 4 songs

Belle of the Nineties 86. Belle of the Nineties (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

6.3

Duke Ellington: all or part of 3 songs (sung by Mae West)

Broadway Varieties 87. Broadway Varieties (1934)

20 min | Short, Musical

Adelaide Hall

Bubbling Over 88. Bubbling Over (1934)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music

5.2

Ethel Waters: 2 songs; Southernaires Quartet: 2 songs

Mills Blue Rhythm Band 89. Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1934)

11 min | Short, Music

6.3

all or part of 7 songs

Babbitt 90. Babbitt (1934)

Approved | 74 min | Drama

6

Hattie McDaniel: 1 song

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame 91. Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (1934)

Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

6.2

Cab Calloway: parts of 2 songs

Rhythm on the Roof 92. Rhythm on the Roof (1934)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Music

5.8

Bob Crosby: all or part of 4 songs

Many Happy Returns 93. Many Happy Returns (1934)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music

5.9

Duke Ellington: 1 song (with Guy Lombardo)

Strictly Dynamite 94. Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music

5.6

Mills Brothers: 2 songs

Gift of Gab 95. Gift of Gab (1934)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Music

4.9

Ethel Waters & Beale Street Boys: 1 song

Well, by George! 96. Well, by George! (1934)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Ink Spots

Drums o' Voodoo 97. Drums o' Voodoo (1934)

70 min | Drama

4.3
After the Dance 98. After the Dance (1935)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance

5.5

Clarence Muse: part of 1 song

Temptation 99. Temptation (1935)

Crime, Musical, Drama

Sanders of the River 100. Sanders of the River (1935)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

5.4

Paul Robeson: 5 songs (1 with Nina Mae McKinney)

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