Trocadero (1944) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1944 · 74 mins · English

Directed by

William Nigh

Starring

Sheldon Leonard, Charles Calvert, Bess Flowers, Emmett Vogan, Dewey Robinson, Cliff Nazarro

A newspaper columnist and radio host, famed for interviewing many film personalities, seeks material for his Sunday column. At Hollywood’s Trocadero, owner Eddie LeBaron shares the club’s history, and the columnist hears top bands, notably Bob Chester’s swing group—formed in 1935 after work with Ben Pollack and Ben Bernie—and vocalist Ida James, who opens with “Shoo Shoo Baby.”