Noble Sissle and Band in “That’s the Spirit“ [1932] Vitaphone Short

Two night watchmen hear songs performed in a haunted pawn shop by a miniature band. Directed by Roy Mack “The black vaudeville team of Mantan Moreland and Flournoy Miller star as two night watchmen in a haunted pawn shop. One of the gags has Mr. Miller sitting down in an armchair, the arms of the chair grab him, and he shouts “Old rockin chair’s got me“, followed immediately by the song Rockin Chair, by Hoagy Carmichael, playing loudly. A miniature jazz band comes to life and plays. The band is led by Noble Sissle, the longtime musical partner of Eubie Blake. The great clarinettist Buster Bailey is featured in the band. They play red hot versions of Tiger Rag and The St. Louis Blues. The absolutely brilliant Harlem singer and dancer Cora La Redd tears up the place with her incredible singing and dancing. An old washboard comes to life and is soon being played by The Washboard Serenaders. Finally Mr. Miller and Mr. Moreland flee in fright, with Mr. Moreland running out of his shoes, which follow him, crying out “Wait for me“. One of the greatest jazz shorts ever made.“ - some guy on the Internet FAIR USE NOTICE: These pages/video may contain copyrighted (©) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, economic, DEMOCRACY, scientific, MORAL, ETHICAL, and SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a ’fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 . Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior general interest in receiving similar information for research and educational purposes.