Syncopation
- Original title
- Syncopation
- Year
- 1942
- Running time
- 88 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Adolphe Menjou
- Bonita Granville
- Jackie Cooper
- George Bancroft
- Ted North
- Todd Duncan
- Connee Boswell
- Frank Jenks
- Jessica Grayson
- Mona Barrie
- Lindy Wade
- Benny Goodman
- Harry James
- Gene Krupa
- Jeff Corey
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- Music
- Cinematography
J. Roy Hunt (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Musical. Comedy. Romance
- Synopsis
- Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Schumacher, in which they share and argue over musical ideas ensues. Prior to the making of the film RKO held a contest for the readers of 'The Saturday Evening Post" to vote on the musicians to make up the All-American Dance Band featured in the film; the magazine's readers chose, in the above-the-title listing: Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Jack Jenney. Gene Krupa, Alvino Rey, Joe Venuti, and singer Connee Boswell.
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