Air Mail Special

Dec 8, 1941

0h 3m

★ 6.2

Overview

Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are jitterbugging constantly until, one by one, they get tired and start to fall down on the floor.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

Soundies Distributing Corporation of America

Air Mail Special Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self

Count Basie

Dancer

Jimmy Rushing

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