Love in Syncopation

How it feels

This 1946 musical comedy features Henri Woode and his band, Ruby Dee, and the Congaroos in dance and musical performances. It was made with an all-Black cast and praised for advancing African American cinema.

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What happens

Love in Syncopation is a 1946 musical comedy film released in the United States. The film featured Henri Woode and his band as well as Ruby Dee. Leonard Anderson directed and William D. Alexander produced. The film features dance and musical performances including by the Congaroos. The cast included Harrel Tillman who went on to become a reverend, lawyer, and judge in Houston, Texas. He is credited as the state's first African American judge. The Pittsburgh Courier did an extensive write up of the film when it was released. The Courier praised the film as fast moving, full of musical variety, and lauded it for progressing African American cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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