Year: 1932
Runtime: 69 mins
Language: English
Director: Irwin Franklyn
New York’s famous Cotton Club entertainers appear in this 1932 film, marking Bill “Bojangles” Robinson’s screen debut. The cast includes jazz pianist Putney Dandridge, James Baskett—later an Oscar winner for Song of the South—Cotton Club dancer Anita Boyer, Henri Wassell, Alma Smith, Bob Sawyer, and composer‑bandleader Eubie Blake with his orchestra.
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