Romance on the Beat

by Bud Pollard, Lloyd Randall Ida James, Tiny Dickerson

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N.p. All-American Newsreel, 1945. Vintage window card for the 1945 African American short film. Scarce.The now-obscure 30 minute Jazz short Romance on the Beat was the first short made by All-American Newsreel, a race film made for black audiences featuring the honey-voiced Jazz vocalist Ida James. Not listed in IMDB.James gained popularity and critical acclaim in 1943 for her high-pitched,

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