Love in Syncopation is a 1946 musical comedy film released in the United States. The film featured Henri Woode and his band as well as Ruby Dee.[1] Leonard Anderson directed and William D. Alexander produced. The film features dance and musical performances including by the Congaroos.
The cast included Harrel Tillman who went on to become a reverend, lawyer, and judge in Houston, Texas. He is credited as the state's first African American judge.[2]
The Pittsburgh Courier did an extensive write up of the film when it was released.[1][3] The Courier praised the film as fast moving, full of musical variety, and lauded it for progressing African American cinema.[3]
Cast edit
- Henri Woode and His Band
- Ruby Dee
- Maxine Johnson
- Harrel Tillman
- Powell Lindsay
- June Eckstine (wife of Billy Eckstine)
- Taps and Wilda
- Ronell and Edna
References edit
- ^ a b "Love in Syncopation (1946) [Lost Film]". The Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture's Archive.
- ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (December 1, 2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578594252 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "NEW FILMUSICAL". The Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 3, 1946. p. 18.
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