Syncopation (1942)
Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL
88 min
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.
- Release date
- May 22, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou as George Latimer
- George Bancroft as Mr. Porter
- Todd Duncan as Rex Tearbone
- Connee Boswell as Cafe Singer
- Ted North as Paul Porter
- Frank Jenks as Smiley Jackson
- Jessie Grayson as Ella
- Mona Barrie as Lillian
- Lindy Wade as Paul Porter as a Child
- Peggy McIntire as Kit Latimer as a Child
Crew
- William Dieterle · Director
- Philip Yordan · Writer
- Frank Cavett · Writer
- Valentine Davies · Writer
- William Dieterle · Producer
- J. Roy Hunt · Cinematographer
- John Sturges · Editor