That's the Spirit (1933)

11m
Running Time

April 15, 1933
Release Date

That's the Spirit (1933)

11m
Running Time

April 15, 1933
Release Date

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The Vitaphone Corporation

Plot.

In this musical short, two night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop.

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Release Date
April 15, 1933

Status
Released

Running Time
11m

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pawnshop
night watchman

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", Cora LaRedd dancing and singing to "Jig Time" and the Washboard Stompers performing "Stomp".It has been described as "one of the greatest all-black jazz shorts ever made." The plot features Mantan Moreland and Flournoy Miller as two watchmen who hear singing from a haunted pawn shop. A miniature jazz band comes to life led by Noble Sissle and featuring clarinetist Buster Bailey. Cora LaRedd sings and dances to "Jig Time".The film 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.

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