Double Feature!

MINNIE THE MOOCHER 1971
U.S. documenatary. Very rare soundies and telescriptions. Cab Calloway takes you on a tour of Harlem pointing out famous nightclubs of the 1930s & 1940s including the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, Club Hot-Cha, Tillie's Chicken Shack, and the Cotton Club. Very rare footage including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole Trio and others. Marijuana was "2 for a quarter!" Jive talk and zoot suits.

Plus this additional selection...

LOUIS JORDAN AND THE TYMPANY FIVE 1940s
U.S. documenatary. The history of "the father of rhythm & blues" Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five. Eleven classic soundies including Five Guys Named Moe, Caldonia, Buzz Me Baby, Call Of the Jitterbug, Honey Chile, Beware and many more! Rock and roll before rock and roll was rock and roll! Great Boogie Woogie!

MINNIE THE MOOCHER 1971 on DVD and VHS!