Acting
James Melton (1904-1961) was a popular singer in the 1920s and early 1930s. He later began a career as an operatic singer when tenor voices went out of style in popular music around 1932–35.
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the business, he poses as a store clerk, and quickly falls for a pretty employee in the store's music department. Comedy with songs.
Men are relaxing in the bunkhouse, when in walks James Melton, who sings some old songs. After he goes through "Red River Valley", "Home on the Range", "The Big Corral", and "The Old Chisholm Trail" -- while the screen shows cowboys wrangling cattle -- he leaves, despite offers to stay the night and give him breakfast.
Fleischer Studios' 'Screen Song' sings a bunch of songs with the bouncing ball.
In this comedy short not-so-smart copper Bert Lahr gets in over his head when he becomes a mock candidate for mayor.
1951 behind the scenes featurette of the Walt Disney animated classic.