Syncopation
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
“Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL”
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
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