Leslie M. Roush

Watch Ms. Dorothy Lamour launch her career in this rarely-seen short from the early 1930s -- a Bijou cinematic time machine.

In a nightclub setting, Bob Crosby and His Orchestra play five numbers, as young couples dance in front of the bandstand, in contrasting styles ranging from Dixieland to Blues to Ragtime Pop to Swing: "How'dja Like to Love Me?", "Pagan Love Song", "Moments Like This", "Romance in the Dark" and one of the group's best-known recordings, "The South Rampart Street Blues." The featured vocalist if Kay Weber and the drummer is Ray Bauduc. (imdb)

This film is less a typical musical short and more like an educational film. It consists of a narrator describing the music, composition and style of a big band. (imdb)

An all-girl band under the direction of Phil Spitalny play us a bunch of tunes.

Lecturer Robert Benchley outlines some of the pet peeves that wives have with their husbands.

Police officer Benchley shows us the antisocial potential of inanimate objects such as shoelaces and handkerchiefs.

Mr. Benchley examines the pressures faced by expectant fathers.

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink his coffee, and he thinks the arrival of some plumbers is just a giant conspiracy to keep him unnerved.

Cohen Film Collection introduces this classic jazz short starring Hoagy Carmichael and the Jack Teagarden Orchestra.

Gene Krupa and His Orchestra have a jam session.