Year: 1945

Running Time: 18:00

Director: William Forest Crouch

Cast: Joan Clark, Nicki O'Daniel, Sam "Spo-de-o-de" Pheard and George Wiltshire

Category: Musical Short

In this eighteen minute music short, Louis Jordan loses a Hollywood contract and his girlfriend, Caldonia, when Felix Paradise lures him to New York with inflated promises of a film career. This extended short has become Jordan’s most famous. He plays the tenor sax instead of his usual alto in the film.

On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-7tE07qms

Day: Saturday, March 29

Time: 1:00 PM

Location: Independence Hall, UACCB

Admission: F R E E

Arkansongs producer Stephen Koch and film historian Bob Pest attending

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Day: Saturday, April

Time: 1:00 PM

Location: Dickinson Hall, UALR

Admission: F R E E

Arkansongs producer Stephen Koch and film historian Ben Fry attending