Syncopation

Synopsis

“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.

Équipe technique

• William DieterleRéalisation · Production
• Philip YordanScénario
• personFrank CavettScénario
• Valentine DaviesScénario
• Leith StevensMusique

Casting

Sociétés de production

• RKO Radio Pictures