George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billy Mindy, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in Aladdin's Lantern (1938)

My attempt at a comprehensive list of feature-length and short sound films produced in America between 1930 and July 1934 (plus others included on pre-code.com, and Wikipedia's and Letterboxd's Pre-Code film lists).

1923-1939 Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Black music and dance performances in films

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)

Music videos... from short theatrical musical cartoons and live action musical short subjects to 'Screen Songs', "follow the bouncing ball" and other sing-along shorts to Scopitones and other video juke box shorts to  promotional short films and videos, etc.

Martin Block, Buddy Clark, and Ray Noble in Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (1948)

The work of Black performers/filmmakers and the stories they have brought to the screen

Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long, Nicholas Hoult, and Anthony Mackie in The Banker (2020)

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