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Information Listings on The Who, What, Where, When of Cinema Soundies, Panorams, Shorts, Cartoons etc. Plus 'Watch the film/movie clip if available. Note: Actors/Performers may be listed instead of dancers if no info on dancers.

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Soundies Title	Studio	Dance(s)	Dancer 1	Dancer 2	Dancer 3	Information	Viewing	Length	Date
A Little Jive is Good For You	Minoco Prod.	Charleston | Peckin' | Solo Swing Steps	Slate Brothers, the	Martha Tilton	----	More-Info	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1941
Abou Ben Boogie	Walter Lantz	Animated Jitterbug	----	----	----	More-Info	----	007 Mins.	1944
Accent On Girls	Paramount	Truckin'	Ina Rae Hutton	MeloDears, the	Foster Twinns	More-Info	Watch Clip	009 Mins.	1936
Air Mail Special	Soundies Corp.	Lindy Hop	Jeanne Bayer	Jimmy Rushing &	Winnie Johnson	More-Info	Watch Clip	2:44 Mins.	1941
Alligators+Cats+Jive=More Swing	Paramount	Lindy Hop | Shag | Truckin	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1938
An Eastern Westerner	Hal Roach	Shimmy, the | Two Step	Harold Lloyd	Mildred Davis	Roy Brooks	More-Info	----	023 Mins.	1920
Arthur Murray Commericial	T.V. UK	West Coast Swing	Arthur Murray Dancers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1960
Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry	Paramount	Stage	Betty Hutton	----	----	from: 'The Fleets In'	Watch Clip	2:23 Mins.	1942
Ask Uncle Sol	Fox	Lindy Hop	Shorty George & Big Bea	Shorty George Troupe	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	1:08 Mins	1937
B-I-BI	American Panoram	Jitterbug | Shag | Solo Swing Steps	Various Dancers	----	----	Bob Chester & his Orchestra	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1941
Backstage Blues	RCM Productions	Harlem Jazz | Tap	Ann and Lou Ellen	Lynn Albritton	Harlem Cuties	----	Watch Clip	2:26 Mins.	1943
Bal Tabrin	----	Swing Dances	----	----	----	Django Reinhardt Orch	Watch Clip	----	1944
Basin Street Boogie	Soundies	Charleston | Jitterbug	Unknown Dancers	----	----	Will Bradley Orch.	Watch Free	2:48 Mins.	1940's
Bessie Smith & Friends	BCI Eclipse	Tap	Lena Horne	Nicholas Brothers	----	More-Info	----	----	1929-45
Big Apple	Paramount	Charleston | Jitterbug | Lindy | Peckin' | Shag Shine | Suzy-Q | Truckin	Various	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	0:53 Secs.	1937
Black Bottom	-?	Black Bottom	----	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	2:50 Secs.	1919
Black Bottom	TV	Black Bottom	Dance Jubilee Troupe	Gemze de Lappe	Rod Alexander	More-Info	Watch Clip	002 Mins.	1956
Bli-Blip	-?	Swing Dance	Marie Bryant &	Paul White	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	2:38 Mins.	1942
Block Party Revels	-?	Lindy Hop | Harlem Jazz | Shim-Sham | Truckin	Four Knobs, the	Harlem Cuties, the	Billy and Ann	Lynn Albritton	Watch Free	3:00 Mins.	1943
Boardwalk Boogie	Soundies	Jitterbug | Truckin	Unknown Dancers	----	----	Will Bradley Orch.	Watch Free	2:48 Mins.	1941
Boogiemania	Soundies Dist	----	Helen Bangs & Albert Reese James	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1946
Boogie Woogie	Paramount	Jitterbug	Hollywood Jitterbugs	Hal Takier	Bob Ashley	More-Info	----	017 Mins.	1945
Boogie Woogie	Minerva	Animated Jitterbug	----	----	----	More-Info	----	006 Mins.	1960
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B'	Walter Lantz	Animated	----	----	----	More-Info	----	007 Mins	1941
Boogie Woogie Dream	Soundies	No dance	But good Swing Music	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	013 Mins.	1944
Boogiemania	Soundies Dist	----	Helen Bangs & Albert Reese James	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1946
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid	Merrie Melodies	Animated	Bugs Bunny	Killer Buzzard	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	007 Mins.	1942
Bumble Boogie	RKO / Disney	Animated	Music	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1948
Calloway Boogie	-?	Jitterbug	Cab Calloway	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	2:31 Mins.	1946
Carl Deacon Moore Orch.	Vitaphone	Big Apple	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1938
Charleston Parade	Neo-Film	Charleston | Jitterbug	Catherine Hessling	Chimpanzee	Johnny Hudgins	More-Info	Watch Free	017 Mins.	1927
Charleston Queen	Aesop's	Animated Charleston	----	----	----	More-Info	----	002 Mins.	1926
Chool Song	RCM Prod.	Swing | Minuet | Truckin	Dean Collins	Jewel McGowen	King's Men, the	More-Info	Watch Free	003 Mins.	194?
Cottontail	Harlem	Lindy Hop|Tap	Bojangles | Three Chefs | Herbert 'Whitey' White	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | Frankie Manning | Norma Miller | William Downes | Ann Johnson	Al Minns | Billy Ricker | Wila Mae Ricker | Frances 'Mickey' Jones	More-Info	Watch Free	004 Mins.	1941
Cow Cow Boogie	Universal	Animated	----	----	----	More-Info	----	007 Mins.	1943
Cuban Rhythm	MGM	Conga | Rumba	Madeline Pollard	Mickey Alvarez	----	Pete Smith Specialty	----	010 Mins.	1941
Dates and Nuts	----	Collegiate Shag	Fordham Collegiate Shag dancers	----	----	Watch Clip	019 Mins.	1937
Rare Dean Collins	Home Video	West Coast Swing	Dean Collins	Shirley Fietsem	Pat Eggers|Toni Piazza|Others	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1982
Dispossessed Blues	-?	Lindy Hop	Four Knobs, the *	Billy and Ann	----	Lynn Albritton	Watch Free	----	1943
Down, Down, Down	Music Short	Lindy Hop	Unknown Lindy Dancers	----	----	Louis Jordan & Tympany Five	Watch Free	2:58	1942
Dynamo A	Music Short	Lindy Hop	Unknown Lindy Dancers	Dizzie Gillespie	----	More-Info	Watch Free	2:43	1947
Easy To Get	War Dept.	Lindy Hop	Unknown Lindy Dancers	Ruby Dee | Paul Robeson	----	Warning: Genitalia	Watch Free	21:29	1947
Ellington Shorts	Paramount	----	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1929-41
Film Vodvil	Columbia	Lindy Hop	Carolyn Hughes | Douglas Brothers	Leon James & Dot Johnson	Russell Williams & Connie Hill	(series 1, #2)	Watch Free	007 Mins.	1943
From the Minuet to Big Apple	Paramount	Big Apple | Lindy Hop | Suzy-Q | Charleston | Truckin & More	Unknown Dancers	Possibly: AM Big Apple Dancers	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1937
Four or Five Times	Short	Lindy Hop	Betti Mays	Olive Prince	Winnie Johnson	Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Lucky Millinder	Watch Free	2:19 Mins.	1941
Georgie Porgie	Official Films	Collegiate Shag | Jitterbug | Truckin'	Ray Hirsch & Patti Lacey	----	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	----	1946
Glen Gray	Warner Bros.	Jitterbug	Dean Collins	Jewel McGowan	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	----	1942
Groovie Movie	MGM	Jitterbug	Arthur Walsh & Jean Phelps-Veloz |Charles Saggau	Lenny Smith |'Mousie' Albright | Kay Vaughn	Alice "Scotty" Scott & Lou Southern | Irene Thomas	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1944
Handsome Harry The Hipster	Soundies	Jitterbug	Unknown Dancers	----	----	Harry Gibson	Watch Free	2:43 Mins.	1944
Harlem Bound	Vitaphone		----	----	----	Mentone Comedy #4	----	20 Mins.	1935
Harlem Harmonies v.2	Hotline	Lindy Hop	Bojangles	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	Three Chefs	More-Info	----	----	1941
Harlem Swings	-?	Jitterbug	Jitterbug Johnnies	----	----	More-info	----	----	1930-50's
Harvest Moon Madness	-?	----	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1951
Hi-De-Ho	-?	No Swing Dance	Cab Calloway	Ethel Moses	----	More-Info	----	10 Mins.	1934
Hi-De-Ho	Timeless	No Swing Dance	Cab Calloway	----	----	More-Info	----	11 Mins.	1937
Hi-De-Ho	All American	Lindy Hop	Jeni Le Gon | Cab Calloway|	Miller Bros. & Lois	Shorty George Snowden	More-Info	----	72 Mins.	1947
Hot Chocolates	Soundies Corp.	Lindy Hop	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | Norma Miller | Francis Johnson	William Downes | Al Minns | Frankie Manning	Wila Mae Richter | Ann Johnson | Billy Richter	More-Info	Watch Free	4 Mins.	1941
How To Do The Big Apple	Paramount	Big Apple dance & others.	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	193?
How To Shag	----	Arthur Murray Shag	Arthur Murray Shaggers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1937
I Want A Big Fat Mama	Storyville Films	Lindy Hop	Betti Mays	Mabel Lee	Winnie Johnson	Slow Lindy, Country Outfits	Watch Free	2:43 Mins.	193?
I'm Just a Jitterbug	Universal	Animated	Walter Lantz	----	----	Mother Goose	----	----	1939
In The Swing	T.V.	Swing Dance	Dean & Mary Collins	Bobby Hefner|Shirley Fietsem & Tom Boots	Mary Ann Nunez & Lance Shermoen	More-Info	----	30 Mins.	1981?
It's In The Stars	MGM	Charleston | Collegiate Shag | Jitterbug | Truckin	Johnny Downs	----	----	.More-Info	Watch Clip	20 Mins.	1938
JailHouse Rock	MGM	Some Dance	Elvis Presley	Joe Ploski	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	096 Mins.	1957
Jammin' The Blues	United	Lindy Hop	Archie Savage	Marie Bryant	----	More-Info	----	----	1944
Java Jive	-?	Swing Dance	Al Donahue	----	----	More-Info	----	2 Mins.	1943
Jazz Dance	Roger Tilton	Charleston | Lindy Hop | Jazz	Al Minns	Leon James	----	Central Plaza Dance Hall	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1954
Jazzy Joe	RCM Prod.	Swing Dance	Dean Collins & Jewel McGowan	Gil Fernandez & Patti Lacey	----	More-Info	Watch Free	2:35 Mins.	1941
Jitter Bughouse	-?	Jitterbug	----	----	----	More-Info	----	18 Mins.	1948
Jitterbug Champions	-?	Jitterbug	Gi Gi Brown	Gary K. Lewis	(Mama Lu Parks Dancers)	More-Info	Watch Free	0:32 Mins.	1961
Jittering Jitterbugs	Harlem	Big Apple | Lindy Hop	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	----	----	More-Info	Watch	----	1938
Joint Is Jumpin', the	RCA/Soundies	Lindy Hop	Betti Mays | Hilda Brown	Mabel Lee | Olive Prince	Vivian Brown | Winnie Johnson	Fats Waller & Myra Johnson	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1941
Juke Box Saturday Night	American Panoram	Vintage Swing Dance	----	----	----	The Modernaires	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1944
Jumpin' Jive	Universal	Acrobatic | Adagio Dance | Swing Dance	Maxellos, the	Ruben and Rita	Sunnie O'Day	.More-Info	Watch	017 Mins.	1941
Keep The Beat	Soundies	Jitterbug	Los Angeles Dancers	----	----	Harry Gibson	Watch Free	3:02 Mins.	1940s
Let's Twist Again	American Panoram	Twist, the	Chubby Checker	----	----	.More-Info	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1944
Locomotion, the	TV?	Twist, the	Little Eva	----	----	.More-Info	Watch Clip	2:31 Mins.	1962
My Baby Said Yes	RCM	Jitterbug Jive | Jitterbug	Eppy Pearson | Diana Webster	Dean Collins | Kathleen Reagan	----	More-Info	Watch Free	2:55 Mins	1945
Jitterbug Jive	-?	Jitterbug	Popeye	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1950
Jitterbug Knights	-?	Animated Jitterbug	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1939
Jitterbug Party	Paramount	Shim-Sham | Jitterbug	Cab Calloway	Various Dancers	----	More-Info	----	----	1935
Jittering Jitterbugs	Harlem	Big Apple | Lindy Hop	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1938
Jive Introduced	Pathe	Jitterbug | Jive	Mavis Sutton & Tony Jackson	Norma Cave & Jack Orton-Smith	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1943
Jiveroo	----	Tap	June Taylor Dancers	Harry Bay & Della	No Swing dance	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1942
Jivin' in Bebop	Alexander Prod.	Bop Music	Various Dancers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	057 Mins.	1946
Juke Box Joes	-?	Swing Dance	Jack Arkin & Irene Thomas |	Jeanne Phelps-Veloz (w/ Lennie)	Lenny Smith & Kay Smith| Jerry Warren (w/ Kay)	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1940's
Juke Box Rhythm	Columbia	Swing Dance	Lenny Smith	Gil & Nicki Brady	Frieda Angela Wyckoff	More-Info	Trailer	----	1959
Jumpin' Jive	-?	Swing Dance	Larry Ceballos	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1941
Junior Jive Bombers	-?	----	Leroy Prinz	----	----	More-Info	----	20 Min.	1944
Killer Diller	All American	Lindy Hop	Congeroo's, the	Frankie Manning| Russell Williams	Ann Johnson| Willa Mae Ricker	More-Info	----	----	1948
Let Me Off Uptown	Official Films Inc	Lindy Hop	Unknown	----	----	More-Info	----	003 Mins.	1942
Lonesome Road	RCM	Harlem Jazz | Lindy Hop	Unknown Dancers	Ralph Copper ?	Betty Mays ?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Lucky Millinder	Watch Free	3:00 Mins.	1941
Maharahja	Soundies Corp.	Bal-Swing | Jitterbug | Partner Charleston	Hal Takier & Betty Takier	----	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	003 Mins.	1943
Make Mine Music	Disney	Animated Lindy Hop	----	----	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	----	1946
Minnie The Moocher	MPI	----	Cab Calloway	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1991
Minnie The Moocher	MPI	----	Cab Calloway	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1942
Moo Cow Boogie	RCM Prod.	Jitterbug | Tap	Artie Young	Dorothy Dandridge	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	011 Mins.	1943
Ocean Hop, The	-?	Animated	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1927
Opus 12 Eeh	Soundies	Jitterbug	Unknown Dancers	----	----	Harry Gibson	Watch Free	2:43 Mins.	1944
Outline of Jitterbug History	Soundies Corp.	Lindy Hop	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1942
Ozzie Nelson Blues	Soundies	Swing | Jitterbug	Harold (Hal) and Honey Bee	Others	----	the Collegiates	----	2:37 Mins.	1943
Patty Cake, Baker Man	American Panoram	Jitterbug | Solo Swing Steps	Various Dancers	----	----	Sugar Geise	Watch Free	2:46 Mins.	1943
Phony Boy	R.K.O.	Collegiate Shag | Tap	John Englert & Ruth Englert	Virginia Hart & William Ledger (left)	Joan & Gene Biggins (right)	Watch Free	----	11:33 Mins.	1937
Policy Man	Creative Cinema	Big Apple	Big Apple Dancers	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers	----	.More-Info	Watch	010 Mins.	1938
Prisoner of Swing	Vitaphone Short	Lindy Hop	Leon James	Hal Leroy | Al Minns | Gae Foster Girls	Frankie Manning	More-Info	Watch	----	1938
Public Jitterbug #1	Warner Brothers	Jitterbug | Tap	Hal LeRoy &	Betty Huton	----	Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette	Watch Clip	21 Mins.	1939
Quiet Please	Warner Brothers	Jitterbug	Various Swing Dancers	Kathryn Kane	----	aka: Movieland Magic	Watch Clip	018 Mins.	1939
Readin' Ritin' and Rhythm	R.K.O. Pictoreel	Lindy Hop | Shag | Tap	Eight Raggle Taggles	Don Byas	Jimmy & Nora Bell	Lucky Millinder Orch.	Watch Free	10:23 Mins.	1939
Roll 'Em	-?	Jitterbug	Unknown	----	----	Meade Lux Lewis	Watch Free	2:31 Mins.	1945
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga	Lewis Lewyn Prod.	Conga	Various Dancers	George Murphy	Lana Turner	Eduardo Chavez Orchestra	Watch Clip	011 Mins.	1939
Sally Swing	Paramount	Animated Jitterbug	Sally Swing	Betty Boop	----	More-Info	Watch Free	6:46 Mins.	1938
Savoy Ballroom Exhibit	Prelinger Home Film	Lindy Hop	----	----	----	NY Worlds Fair	Watch Clip	----	1939
Scrub Me Mama with Boogie Beat	Universal	Animtaed|Racial	Lindy Hop	----	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	007 Mins.	1941
Show For Sale	Mentone	Big Apple	Adrienne & Richards	Big Apple Dancers	Paul Florenz Girls	.More-Info	Watch	010 Mins.	1937
Sophmore Swing	Vitaphone	Lindy Hop	Harvest Moon Ball	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1939
Spirit Moves, the	Dancetime	Lindy Hop	Al Minns	Leon James	----	Mura Dehn	Watch Clip	3:28 Mins.	1987
Spirit of the Dance	Paramount	Lindy Hop	Harvest Moon Ball	----	----	More-Info	Watch	----	1948
Sugar Hill Masquerade	Minocco	Lindy Hop | Peckin' | Air-Steps	Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Touring Group	Alice Barker	----	Walter 'Hot-Lips' Fuller and Joe 'Rubber-Arms' Marshall Band	Watch Free	3:02 Mins.	1942
Swing Cat's Jamboree	Vitaphone	Jitterbug | Shag | Tap	Louis Prima & Dancers	Mitzi Dahl & Ted Gary	Maybe Buddy Ebsen?	More-Info	Watch Free	8:29 Mins.	1938
Swing Hotel	Universal	----	John Torrance &	Edna Torrance	----	.More-Info	Watch	020 Mins.	1939
Swing, Hutton Swing	Paramount	Suzy-Q | Tap	Ina Rae Hutton	MeloDears, the	----	More-Info	Watch Clip	010 Mins.	1937
Swing School	-?	----	Betty Boop	----	----	More-Info	----	007	1938
Swing Shift Swing	RCM Productions	Vintage Swing Dance	Irene Thomas and Don Gallgher	Johnny and Venna Archer	Johnny Collins | Edna Torrance	Gael Amber (Singer	Watch Free	003 Mins.	1942
Swing, Swing, Swing	Vitaphone	Swing | Collegiate Shag	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1937
Swingin' The Dream	-?	----	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1939
Swinging the Blues	-?	Swing Clips	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	19??
Symphony In Black	Short	Breakaway	Various Dancers	----	----	Duke Ellington	----	----	1935
Symphony of Swing	Warner Brothers	Collegiate Shag	Various Dancers	----	----	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Watch Free	009 Mins.	1939
Tabby The Cat	----	-?	Dean Collins	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1945
Texas Tommy	Short	Texas Tommy	unknown dancers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	----	1928
The Big Apple	Fox	Big Apple	Arthur Murray Shag Dancers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	8:57 Mins.	1937
The Big Apple	Paramount Newsreel	Big Apple	Big Apple Dancers	----	----	More-Info	Watch Free	002 Mins.	1937
The Big Apple	Pathetone	Big Apple	Earl Leach	Josephine Leach	----	More-Info	Watch Free	1:32 Mins.	1937
Triple Boogie	-?	----	----	----	----	More-Info	----	4 Mins.	1948
Trumpet Serenade	Universal	Jitterbug	Jivin' Jacks & Jills	----	Harry James Orch.	More-Info	----	015 Mins.	1942
Two Shadows	Vitaphone	Ballroom-Tap | Big Apple | Peckin' | Tap	Billy and Beverly Bemis	Jean & Her Big Apple Dancers	----	.More-Info	Watch Clip	----	1938
Varisty Show	-?	Jitterbug | Tap	Buck & Bubbles	Betty & Tommy Wonder	----	More-Info	----	----	1937
Vitaphone Public #1	Vitaphone	----	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	----
Woody Herman Orch.	Vitaphone	Lindy Hop	Hal & Honey Abbott	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1938
World Series of the Dance	Paramount	Various	----	----	----	More-Info	----	----	1946
Your Feets Too Big	Official Films	Harlem Jazz Dance	Betti Mays | Hilda Brown	Mabel Lee | Olive Prince	Vivian Brown | Winnie Johnson	Fats Waller	Watch Free	3:01 Mins.	1941
Zoot Suit-My Sunday Gal	Soundies ?	----	Dorothy Dandridge	Paul White	----	.More-Info	Watch Free	2:42 Mins.	1942
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