Sam Coslow

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

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.

Martha Tilton & Ben Pollack's Orchestra

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

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.

Martha Tilton & Ben Pollack's Orchestra

Ozzie Nelson takes us along for a typical day for a bandleader.

Soundie with a circus setting featuring the David Rose Orchestra.

Comedic musical short featuring the Hoosier Hotshots.