Jasper in a Jam (1946)
Character: Orchestra Leader (his music)
In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz. A whooping wooden Indian chief self-animates as well, and goes on the warpath.
Music in Manhattan (1944)
Character: Himself - Orchestra Leader
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
Freddie Steps Out (1946)
Character: Himself
A high school student is mistaken for a famous radio singer who goes missing.
A Song Is Born (1948)
Character: Charlie Barnet
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Syncopation (1942)
Character: Charlie Barnet
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
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