Directed by:
William DieterleScreenplay:
Philip YordanCinematography:
J. Roy HuntComposer:
Leith StevensCast:
Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, George Bancroft, Robert Benchley, Walter Catlett, Ted North, Frank Jenks, Mona Barrie, Benny Goodman (more)Plots(1)
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated' music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
![Jackie Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272334_418994.jpg)
Jackie Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
![Bonita Granville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505190_91951d.jpg)
Bonita Granville
USA
Best movies:
These Three (1936)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Little Women (1933)
![George Bancroft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496872_524dca.jpg)
George Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Underworld (1927)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
![Robert Benchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162673_10e385.jpg)
Robert Benchley
USA
Best movies:
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
China Seas (1935)
![Walter Catlett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000249_b6dca7.jpg)
Walter Catlett
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Love Is News (1937)
![Ted North](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194073_14c49c.jpg)
Ted North
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
The Unsuspected (1947)
![Frank Jenks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776629_2c2cad.jpg)
Frank Jenks
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Woman on the Run (1950)
![Mona Barrie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634489_4b13bb.jpg)
Mona Barrie
UK
Best movies:
Syncopation (1942)
Strange Fascination (1952)
![Benny Goodman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901384_339269.jpg)
Benny Goodman
USA
Best movies:
A Song Is Born (1948)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Syncopation (1942)
![Harry James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886934_d72ef8.jpg)
Harry James
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Syncopation (1942)
![Frank Darien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559443_9d3407.jpg)
Frank Darien
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
![Frank McGlynn Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126091_173297.jpg)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Earle Hodgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162628_304e81.gif)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
![Walter Baldwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162682_4e20bd.jpg)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Eddie Dew](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000097_cf4c3f.jpg)
Eddie Dew
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)