Syncopation

Presenting THE ALL-AMERICAN DANCE BAND...Selected from among Readers in the SATURDAY EVENING POST POLL

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

Music Romance Drama

Adolphe Menjou

(George Latimer)

Jackie Cooper

(Johnny Schumacher)

Bonita Granville

(Kit Latimer)

George Bancroft

(Steve Porter)

Todd Duncan

(Rex Tearbone)

Connee Boswell

(Connee Boswell)

Ted North

(Paul Porter)

Frank Jenks

(Smiley Jackson)

Jessica Grayson

(Ella Tearbone)

Mona Barrie

(Lillian)

Lindy Wade

(Paul Porter - as a Child)

Peggy McIntyre

(Kit Latimer - as a Child)

Charlie Barnet

(Charlie Barnet)

Benny Goodman

(Benny Goodman)

Harry James

(Harry James)

Jack Jenney

(Jack Jenney)

Gene Krupa

(Gene Krupa)

Alvino Rey

(Alvino Rey)

Joe Venuti

(Joe Venuti)

Robert Benchley

(Doakes (scenes deleted))

Walter Catlett

(Spelvin (scenes deleted))

Walter Baldwin

Joe Brown Jr.

Maurice Cass

Charles Collins

Jeff Corey

Frank Darien

Joe Devlin

Eddie Dew

John Hamilton

Gordon Hart

Jerry Hausner

Hallene Hill

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Sidney Miller

Emory Parnell

Clinton Rosemond

Edwin Stanley

Sammy Stein

Leith Stevens

Rex Stewart

Lillian West

Thelma White