First-Time Viewing

Rhythm and Blues Revue

Release Date:January 1, 1955

Running Time:71 min

Genres:Documentary, Music

Director

Cast

Lionel Hampton Herb Jeffries Count Basie Florence Robinson Amos Milburn Sarah Vaughan Big Joe Turner Martha Davies Little Buck Nat King Cole Cab Calloway Willie Bryant

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Rhythm and Blues Revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films produced by Snader and Studio Telescriptions, with newly-filmed host segments by Willie Bryant. Originally 86 minutes, the "short" version available on public domain collections and websites is missing a reel

Where to watch

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