RCM Productions

R.C.M. Soundie

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

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

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.

Princess Aloha & Andy Iona's Orchestra in Hilo Hattie.

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

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.

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

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.

Soundie featuring The Chanticleers singing "Babbling Bess." Also starring Francine Everett (as Babbling Bess) and Mable Lee (Dancer).

Vanita Smythe sings "Back Door Man."

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

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

Soundie with Gael Amber singing and few couples dancing.

The Bronco Busters perform "Silver Spurs."

Merle Travis dreaming of a Texas Home.

"Let's Scuffle" is a short subject -- a single song-and-dance number -- that appears to have been cut from a feature-length movie: to be precise, a 'race film'. (This was the term used by American cinema exhibitors in the 1940s and earlier for any movie with an all-black cast, intended primarily for distribution in black neighbourhoods at a time when many American cinemas were segregated.) The song-and-dance performer here is none other than the great Bill Robinson.