Directed by:
William DieterleScreenplay:
Philip YordanCinematography:
J. Roy HuntComposer:
Leith StevensCast:
Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, George Bancroft, Robert Benchley, Walter Catlett, Ted North, Frank Jenks, Mona Barrie, Benny Goodman (more)VOD (1)
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Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated' music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Jackie Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Bonita Granville
USA
Best movies:
These Three (1936)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Little Women (1933)
George Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Underworld (1927)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Robert Benchley
USA
Best movies:
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
China Seas (1935)
Walter Catlett
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Love Is News (1937)
Ted North
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Frank Jenks
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Woman on the Run (1950)
Mona Barrie
UK
Best movies:
Syncopation (1942)
Strange Fascination (1952)
Benny Goodman
USA
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Syncopation (1942)
Harry James
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Syncopation (1942)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Eddie Dew
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)