Murder with Music

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Nellie Hill and Bob Howard in Murder with Music (1941)

Comedy Crime Drama Music Musical Romance

The beautiful Nellie Hill has many admirers but when one of them gets killed all the others are suspected. All this in among some great singing and dancing, some great bands and songs. This ... Read allThe beautiful Nellie Hill has many admirers but when one of them gets killed all the others are suspected. All this in among some great singing and dancing, some great bands and songs. This is a showcase for Black Entertainment of the time.The beautiful Nellie Hill has many admirers but when one of them gets killed all the others are suspected. All this in among some great singing and dancing, some great bands and songs. This is a showcase for Black Entertainment of the time.

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3.9/10

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Bob Howard

Editor

Milton Williams

Ted
(as Milton J. Williams)

Nellie Hill

Lola
(as Nelle Hill)

George Oliver

Bill Dillard

Mike

Marjorie Oliver

Secretary

Ruth Cobbs

Mary Smith

Ken Renard

Bill Smith

Andrew Maize

Jerry

Pinky Williams

Lewis

Skippy Williams

Band leader

Alston

Dancer
(as Alston & Young)

Noble Sissle

Themselves
(as Nobel Sissel and his Orchestra)

Young

Dancer
(as Alston & Young)

Johnson

Specialty dancer
(as Johnson & Johnson)

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Goofs
When Hal hides in Lola's closet, the first shot shows the back of the door with a hook, while the next shows a dress hanging on the hook.

Soundtracks
Geeshee
Written by Sidney Easton and Augustus Smith

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3/10

Three stars is generous.

Interesting to see a movie made for a black audience with an all-black cast at a time of segretion in the U. S. Some very good singing and dancing, especially Skippy Williams and his Orchestra. Clunky editing and acting and a not-good script, but interesting to see an early television which, at the time would have cost arond $395 (nearly one-third of the all male annual income - black men earned 0.6 of the white wage in 1940), and well out of the range of most Americans, let alone the target audience. The singer was clearly doing VERY well. Overall, best missed except for the historical context.