MUSICALS - SING, COWBOY, SING(1937)

A western with a few songs thrown in! Never knew
that I wan't a big fan of Tex Ritter! LOL! Anyway
the basic story is that Tex and his sidekick run
into an ambush on a group trying to deliver some
goods to a local town. This gets them smack dab
in the middle of a power struggle! C

From IMDb.com:

Tex Ritter and Al St. John protect a female freight
line operator from being put out of business by the
villains who murdered her father in an attempt to
gain control the price of goods and the means of
supply.

Mostly typical, there's some good action scenes
and music, including the terrific title song.

Tex is great, as usual and St. John is an animated
and entertaining sidekick, showing off his credible
fighting and riding skills, though not as glib as
he became in many of his later pictures.

The most memorable scene of the picture is Tex's
murder trial in a saloon courtroom with a bartender
judge! - FightingWesterner

MUSICALS - DUKE IS TOPS, THE(1938)

Another all all-black movie!

A pretty complex story of a man who's been the
producer behind a great singer! A couple of
dudes come along and offer her a chance to
go to New York to star! The man gives up
everything, including the girl, so she will
take the oppertunity and go to NY. Things
don't go swimmingly for either one! Whatever
will happen?! Lena Horne's first movie! B-

From IMDb.com:

Black cinema has done far better than this. Even
allowing for the constraints imposed by a low budget,
there is very little here of entertainment value.
The story lacks originality, the acting is stiff
and self-conscious, the direction devoid of
imagination. A half-dozen "specialty" acts are
no better than passable; a very young Lena Horne
had yet to develop her star qualities. The chorus
girls' costumes looked suspiciously familiar (Warner
Brothers?), and the two or three steps they learned
for their routines have likewise been seen elsewhere.
I hope the price of admission was cut-rate, too.
Otherwise, the audience was short-changed. - jaykay-10

MUSICALS - PARADISE IN HARLEM(1939)

A black actor witnesses a murder and the mob
behind the whole thing "suggests" that he get
outta town! They threaten his family so he does
take off, but one thing leads to another and he
decides to take his chances! C+

From IMDb.com:

Singing, dancing and music performances by veterans
of the colored vaudeville and nightclub circuit is
the main attraction. The film probably the only
scene from Othello with the dialog delivered in
the a cappella gospel style. The acting is quite
acceptable as are the sets, though the rock bottom
budget shows through in places. - psteier

MUSICALS - SECOND CHORUS(1940)

Fred as horn player! Who'da thunk! The whole
story revovles around him and Burgess Meredith
owing a bunch of money for some encyclopedias
that Burgess ordered under Fred's name!

The side story is that both boys are vieing
for the same girl, but does she know?? B

From IMDb.com:

I originally bought this movie in 1980 at a bookstore
that sold tapes along with books. In the process of
packing for a move and I am converting all of the
tapes to DVD and WAS this one ever a shock! It is
NOT a b movie but really stands out as a wonderful
film. Astaire sings and dances with this wonderful
flair. Arte Shaw's music is great, and the Jazz
numbers while perhaps unknown by today's standards
should not be overlooked, Paulette Goddard from
her loss 2 years before as Scarlett shows she is
a fine performer, and Burgess Meredith 24 years
before Batman and 35 years before Rocky, also
demonstrated he is a really good actor. - Blulite

MUSICALS - UP IN THE AIR(1940)

Musical connection is that this all happens
in or around a radio station!! A new singer
gets discovered by a dude that works at the
station! While singing on the radio the big
star gets shot! It comes down to the Page,
the new singer and Mantam to find the culprit! A

From IMDb.com:

Up in the Air is a breezy comedy mystery B movie
from 1940, it was shot as a quickie. It even has
some forgettable songs in it as well.

Rita Wilson is a radio star that gets shot during
rehearsals. Frankie (Frankie Darro) is the ever
optimistic bell boy, who plans to be a gag writer
and also a star maker. He gets mixed up investigating
the murder with Jeff the janitor (Mantan Moreland)
as the police are too incompetent to investigate
the crime properly.

Frankie and Jeff provide comic relief with Jeff
always trying to avoid getting into trouble.
Actor Mantan Moreland became famous for his
black eye popping scary faced persona that
was popular with cinema-goers at the time.

Despite the tomfoolery the film has a nice
mystery to it. - Prismark10

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Sweet Sue, Just You
By: Frankie Carle