Syncopation
Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL
1942 en 88 minutes
Rating: 6.8
Plot
In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George. Over the next several years, Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher befriends Kit, who is arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon release, the two form a band.
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Cast
Adolphe Menjou
George Latimer
Jackie Cooper
Johnny Schumacher
Bonita Granville
Kit Latimer
George Bancroft
Steve Porter
Todd Duncan
Rex Tearbone
Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell
Ted North
Paul Porter
Frank Jenks
Smiley Jackson
Jessica Grayson
Ella Tearbone
Mona Barrie
Lillian
Lindy Wade
Paul Porter - as a Child
Peggy McIntyre
Kit Latimer - as a Child
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Harry James
Harry James
Jack Jenney
Jack Jenney
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
Alvino Rey
Alvino Rey
Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
Robert Benchley
Doakes (scenes deleted)
Walter Catlett
Spelvin (scenes deleted)
Walter Baldwin
Joe Brown Jr.
Maurice Cass
Charles Collins
Jeff Corey
Frank Darien
Joe Devlin
Eddie Dew
John Hamilton
Gordon Hart
Jerry Hausner
Hallene Hill
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Sidney Miller
Emory Parnell
Clinton Rosemond
Edwin Stanley
Sammy Stein
Leith Stevens
Rex Stewart
Lillian West
Thelma White
