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December 31, 1929

A black cat sings and dances, animated using cut-outs.

January 31, 1930

A Vitaphone Varieties short. Features costumed children in a cavern-like land of make-believe where they sing and tap-dance. Marjorie Kane sings an introductory song. A very young Judy Garland, in one of her earliest surviving film appearances, performs the song "The Land of Let's Pretend" as part of the vaudeville act "The Gumm Sisters".

March 15, 1930

Child entertainers perform several song and dance numbers in this musical short.

December 13, 1930

At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns, the task of getting more people to his domain. In front of a nightclub, Mr. Burns invites a crowd of people to come inside to The Devil's Cabaret to be entertained. After they enjoy songs and dancing, the people go willingly to Hades.

April 15, 1931

In this short, multiple acts perform before an audience in a town hall. Performers include The Aaron Sisters singing trio and the Mound City Blue Blowers musicians. Another act features a tap dancer whose shoes have extensions on them that allow him to balance on the ends as one might use stilts. In the finale, an "inebriated" dog in the audience performs tricks. The short's title refers to the curfew in the town.

September 29, 1932

On a set resembling a yacht, Roger Wolfe Kahn leads his orchestra in several popular tunes of the day. Billed and un-billed guest acts also perform. At the end, Kahn thrills his guests by piloting a biplane.

October 29, 1932

A group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise money for a sick member of their group.

January 30, 1933

In this short film, musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party".

March 25, 1933

In this parody of Grand Hotel, despite a dying man's efforts to enjoy his final days, a jewel thief trying to comfort a great dancer, and a big business deal in progress, there are still those who say that "nothing ever happens here."

July 8, 1933

Phil Emerton and his band play tunes and accompany guest performers, including singer-dancer Hannah Williams, the singing Three X Sisters, and acrobatic tap dancers Larry & Larry.

November 18, 1933

This musical short focuses on the trials and tribulations of a saloon singer.

December 16, 1933

Male cats fight each other over a female cat around the backyard fence.

February 2, 1934

In this Puppetoon animated short film, a variety of music styles are heard as, in various locations, characters dance or sing.

April 7, 1934

A movie producer announces that Lillian Roth has been signed to do a movie and he calls a story conference with a director and writers to come up with an idea for the film. As they work through some ideas, performers act out those possibilities via song and dance numbers.

October 12, 1934

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

March 23, 1935

In this MGM Colortone Musical short, a department store custodian who overindulges in drink sees the mannequins in the store's display windows come to life.

August 29, 1935

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

September 7, 1935

In this musical short, a singing Irishman graduates from a police academy and heads to New York City to join the force.

December 28, 1935

In this musical short, three barkers for a New York City sightseeing bus drum up customers with songs and nightclub tours.

January 11, 1936

A dark and stormy night in a drugstore. The druggist mixes a potion and falls asleep. The skull-and-crossbones on the bottle comes to life and drips the potion on the druggist.

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