That's the Spirit is an American short musical film released in 1933.[1] It features an African American cast starring Noble Sissle and was directed by Roy Mack. The Vitaphone film was distributed by Warner Brothers. The film survives.
It has been described as "one of the greatest all-black jazz shorts ever made."[3] The plot features Mantan Moreland and Flournoy Miller as two watchmen who hear singing from a haunted pawn shop. A miniature jazz band comes to life led by Noble Sissle and featuring clarinetist Buster Bailey. Cora LaRedd sings and dances to "Jig Time".[3][4]
The film includes various special effect gags repeated to ghostly apparitions. It is believed to be Mantan Moreland's first film.[5]
That's the Spirit was included in a jazz program at Festival of the Arts at Wilmington College in 1968.[6]
A Variety review was largely critical of the film. “Noble Sissle and his band of colored musicians are no appealing sights on the screen to general theatre audiences. Where the shadowy effects are used, okay. Therefore, no particularly keen screen fare is this short".[7]
Referencesedit
^Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; McNeilly, Donald (2007). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. ISBN978-0-415-93853-2.
^Liebman, Roy (20 May 2015). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN978-1-4766-0936-2.
^Nielsen, Euell A. (June 29, 2020). "Mantan Moreland (1902-1973) •". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^"Great Jazz Films Make Great Festival Program". Wilmington News-Journal. May 11, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^"Film review: Talking Shorts - 'That's the Spirit'." Variety. Vol. 111, Iss. 2, (June 20, 1933): 11. Via Proquest.
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