Syncopation
Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL
In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George. Over the next several years, Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher befriends Kit, who is arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon release, the two form a band.
Cast
Peggy McIntyre
Kit Latimer - as a Child
Harry James
Harry James
Robert Benchley
Doakes (scenes deleted)
Walter Baldwin
Emory Parnell
Todd Duncan
Rex Tearbone
Ted North
Paul Porter
Lindy Wade
Paul Porter - as a Child
Clinton Rosemond
Lillian West
Thelma White
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Jackie Cooper
Johnny Schumacher
George Bancroft
Steve Porter
Jerry Hausner
Edwin Stanley
Sammy Stein
Adolphe Menjou
George Latimer
Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell
Frank Jenks
Smiley Jackson
Walter Catlett
Spelvin (scenes deleted)
Joe Brown Jr.
Leith Stevens
Mona Barrie
Lillian
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
Maurice Cass
Charles Collins
Jeff Corey
Joe Devlin
John Hamilton
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Bonita Granville
Kit Latimer
Frank Darien
Eddie Dew
Sidney Miller