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Melody Master

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How it feels

A series of short films from the 1930s and 1940s showcase performances by top big bands. Each film features a band playing musical numbers.

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What happens

The Melody Masters were a series of first-rate big band musical film shorts produced by Warner Brothers, under the supervision of Samuel Sax at their Vitaphone studio in New York between 1931 and 1939, and in Burbank, California with producer Gordon Hollingshead in charge between 1940 and 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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