THE MUSICAL MADCAPS “LINDA BROWN“ 1940s SOUNDIES MUSIC VIDEO AFRICAN AMERICAN BAND XD45374b

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website One of a series of Soundies -- 1940s music videos intended to be played in a special video jukebox -- this one “Linda Brown“ features the African American band The Musical Madcaps and was produced and directed by William Forest Crouch. It dates to 1943 and one reviewer called it a “hot number“ and noted true to form that the MadCaps practically “tear apart the scenery before the number is finished.“ We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage c