Here is a very rare short film from 1937 called Phony Boy with Cass Daly. There are 3 couples that are dancing Collegiate Shag at the beginning of the short. The couple in the white jacket in the center of the dance floor is John and Ruth Englert the 1937 Harvest Moon Collegiate Shag dance champions. The couple on the left of the screen is Virginia Hart and William Ledger. The 3rd couple on the right of the screen is believed to be Joan and Gene Biggins.
Using the backdrop and excitement of a local carnival, this soundie short features four different and unique acts, from the fast talking carnival barker (Clyde Hager) and the singing of Jon Peerce to the great jazz music of the Cotton Club Tramp Band and a tap dance routine performed by Three DeLovelies.
Frank E. Jessop presents a revue of the dancing and singing acts of the time.
READIN' RITIN' AND RHYTHM 1939. Here is a neat short featuring some lindy and shag dancing.
Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.
Down in Hades, Satan and an audience of devils enjoy band music, a singing trio and a pair of dancers.
A comedy, musical variety show is being recorded for the radio.
