Mills Blue Rhythm Band

I loved the first 95% of this short. The title band, the dancers, and the singer, Sally Gooding, are all excellent. I have happily re-watched this short for all those reasons. Note: Fredi Washington is listed in IMDb as a dancer, but her character (Sally Gooding's cousin) does not dance in the film.

The film's all black cast are shown well-dressed and mostly successful performers and patrons. I was originally impressed by that, given the film was copyrighted in 1933. Unfortunately the final moments of the short are spoiled by a visual reminder to the audience that this type of music and these characters are all recently "from the jungle", denigrating both the music and any appearance that an all-black cast enjoying an evening at a nightclub is comparable to white audience members doing the same thing.