That's the Spirit (1933)
11m
Running Time
April 15, 1933Release Date
That's the Spirit (1933)
11m
Running Time
April 15, 1933Release Date
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Plot.
In this musical short, two night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop.
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night watchman
pawnshop
Wiki.
That's the Spirit is an American short musical film released in 1933. It features an African American cast starring Noble Sissle and was directed by Roy Mack. The Vitaphone film was distributed by Warner Brothers. The film survives.
That's the Spirit includes Noble Sissle Orchestra performing "Tiger Rag", Jack Carter singing "Saint Louis Blues" and Washboard Stompers performing "Stomp".
It has been described as "one of the greatest all-black jazz shorts ever made."
That's the Spirit includes various special effect gags repeated to ghostly apparitions. It is believed to be Mantan Moreland's first film.
That's the Spirit was included in a jazz program at Festival of the Arts at Wilmington College in 1968.