by Julie Clark
synopsis
A Musical-Educational-Informative video all in one! Cab Calloway is featured with his band in this compilation of vintage films. Beginning in 1935 with "Jitterbug Party" to a 1937 feature film, "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round, and a tune called "Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm." Skip to 1942 for four "soundies," "Blues in the Night," "Minnie the Moocher," "Virginia, Georgia and Caroline" and "The Skunk Song." This musical ride comes to the end of the line with several 1950 tunes, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," "Minnie the Moocher" and "St. James Infirmary."
