RCM Productions

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

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.

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

A little music from Lynn Albritton, Lou Ellen and The Harlem Cuties.

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.

"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.

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

Comedic musical short featuring the Hoosier Hotshots.

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White

Charles Dorn with the novelty number My Little Grass Shack.

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

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

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

R.C.M. Soundie

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

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

Merle Travis dreaming of a Texas Home.

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

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

Musical short with divers Jeanne Fairbrother, Steve Acardi and Tony Zukas with music by Jimmie Wallington.