RCM Productions

A college girl (Bonnie Kildare) dreams of her boyfriend (Johnny Downs) as he sings her a love song. The song begins at graduation ceremony and eventually moves to a soda fountain. A mixed double quartet contributes a lovely chorus.

Deuce Spriggins' Band teaming with Carolina Cotton for "Down the Trail to San Antone."

Yvonne De Carlo sings herself to sleep, in her dreams she dances with a Latin dancer. She awakes to sing again.

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa".

Comedic musical short featuring the Hoosier Hotshots.

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

Nat 'King' Cole & Ida James wonders "Who's Been Eating My Porridge?"

1942 Soundies musical short

Merle Travis dreaming of a Texas Home.

Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy".

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date.

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them.

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

A comic short featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.

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

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."