Movies: Rcm Productions

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

A college girl (Bonnie Kildare) dreams of her boyfriend (Johnny Downs) as he sings her a love song. The song begins at graduation ceremony and eventually moves to a soda fountain. A mixed double quartet contributes a lovely chorus....

R.C.M. Soundie...

Deuce Spriggins' Band teaming with Carolina Cotton for "Down the Trail to San Antone."...

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There"....

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White...

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942....

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa"....

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie"....

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South....

Harry Langdon lip syncs the title song and interacts with models....

"Let's Scuffle" is a short subject -- a single song-and-dance number -- that appears to have been cut from a feature-length movie: to be precise, a 'race film'. (This was the term used by American cinema exhibitors in the 1940s and earlier for any mo...

Musical short starring Spade Cooley....

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date....

The Terry Twins with Jerry Browne & His Orchestra perform "Chiquita Banana."...

Vanita Smythe sings "Back Door Man."...

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them....

Nat 'King' Cole & Ida James wonders "Who's Been Eating My Porridge?"...

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players....

Soundie featuring The Chanticleers singing "Babbling Bess." Also starring Francine Everett (as Babbling Bess) and Mable Lee (Dancer)....