Musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."Musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."Musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party."
Hayes Alvis
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Edward Anderson
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Spencer Barnes
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Joe Garland
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Edgar Hayes
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Shelton Hemphill
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Henry Hicks
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Henry Jives
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Benny Jones
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Wardell Jones
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Gene Mikell
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
O'Neill Spencer
- Orchestra Musician
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaVitaphone production reel #1586.
- Soundtracks(I Would Do) Anything for You
(uncredited)
Written by W. Alexander Hill (as Alexander Hill), Claude Hopkins and Bob Williams
Performed by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band during the rope jumping act
Featured review
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.
*** (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.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jun 19, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Melody Masters (1933-1934 season) #7: Mills Blue Rhythm Band
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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