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Syncopation is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 22 may 1942 with Adolphe Menjou

Syncopation (1942)

Syncopation
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Released in USA 22 may 1942
Length 1h28
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical,    Romance
Rating62% 3.146463.146463.146463.146463.14646

Syncopation is a 1942 film from RKO directed by William Dieterle set during the early days of jazz. It is also known as The Band Played On.

Synopsis

In 1906, the Congo Square Building in New Orleans, which was previously used as a slave market, is transformed into an African-American unemployment bureau. Close by there is also an African-American musical college, where little Reggie Tearbone, seven years old, is learning to play Bach on his cornet. He has trouble following the sheet and starts improvising. It begins to sound more like a jazz piece.

Actors

Adolphe Menjou

(George Latimer)Jackie Cooper

(Johnny Schumacher)Bonita Granville

(Kit Latimer)Todd Duncan

(Rex Tearbone)George Bancroft

(Steve Porter)
And :
Robert Benchley
Walter Catlett
Frank Jenks
Mona Barrie
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