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Jordan Jive (1944)
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.
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Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.
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Genre:Music
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In Theaters:8/14/1944
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Runtime:3 minutes
Studio:Soundies Distributing Corporation of America
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