No Other Choice: Killing for the Family at the Age of Obsolescence
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Streamlined Swing (1938)
A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
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A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
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Genre:Music
Written By:Marion Mack
In Theaters:9/10/1938
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Runtime:9 minutes
Studio:Louis Lewyn Productions
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