Syncopation (1942)
Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL
In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George. Over the next several years, Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher befriends Kit, who is arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon release, the two form a band.
- Date of release
- 1942-05-22
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Music, Romance, Drama
- Director
- William Dieterle
Casting
- Adolphe Menjou — George Latimer
- Jackie Cooper — Johnny Schumacher
- Bonita Granville — Kit Latimer
- George Bancroft — Steve Porter
- Todd Duncan — Rex Tearbone
- Connee Boswell — Connee Boswell
- Ted North — Paul Porter
- Frank Jenks — Smiley Jackson
- Jessica Grayson — Ella Tearbone
- Mona Barrie — Lillian
- Lindy Wade — Paul Porter - as a Child
- Peggy McIntyre — Kit Latimer - as a Child
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