this film remind me of 42nd street star bebe daniel and ruby keeler . when i watch this film a lot of it remind me of 42nd street and especially the character eloise who a temperamental star and she end up fall and break her ankle and like bebe daniel do in 42nd street and another performer get the part and become a star . this film and like most race film and keep people watch because of the great entertainment . race film always show black entertainment a it truly be that be popular in that time era . the dancing style and the music and dressing style and you will love it . this movie could of be big if it be make in hollywood and it would of have good scenery and good filming and and more money which would make any movie well . but it worth watching because it be good and micheaux do good with the little he have . i have to say out of all micheaux film and swing be the best . the movie feature singer and dancer and actress and and actor who be popular but forgotten today . doli armena and a awesome female trumpet player who can blow the horn so good that you think gabriel be blow a horn in the sky . the sexy and hot female dancer consuela harris would put ann miller and gyspy rise lee to shame . add further info . popular blue singer of the 20 and 30 cora green be the focus of the film and she mandy and a good and hard work woman with a no good man who take her money and spend it on other woman . a nosy neighbor play by amanda randolph tell mandy what she see and hear and mandy go down to the club and catch her man with an attractive and curvy woman by the name of eloise ( play hazel diaz and a hot cha entertainer in the 30 ) and a fight break out . then mandy go to harlem where she reunite with a somewhat guardian angel lena play by one of the most beautiful woman in movie dorothy van engle . lena provide mandy with a home and a job and and help her become a star when temperamental cora smith ( play by hazel and i guess she play two part or maybe she change her stage name ) try to ruin the show with her bad behavior . when cora get drunk and break her leg and lena convinces everyone that mandy be right for the job and lena be right and a star be bear in mandy . tall and long and lanky and but handsome carman newsome be the cool aspiring producer who lena look out for as well . pretty boy larry seymour play the no good man but after lena threaten him and he might shape up . there be a few highlight but the one that stick out to me be the part where cora smith ( hazel diaz ) strut in late for rehearsal and go off on everyone and then her man come in and punch her in the jaw but that not enough and she almost get into a fight with mandy again . in between there great entertainment by chorus girl and tap dancer and shake dancer and swing music and and blue sing . there even white people watch the entertainment and i wonder where micheaux find them and there even a scene where there black and white sit together at the club and micheaux frequently integrated black and white in his film and he should be commend for such a bold move . this movie be the first race film i really enjoy and it help introduce me to oscar micheaux . this movie be one of the best of the race film genre and it a behind the scene story about the ups and down of show business . no these early race film may not be the best and can not be compare with hallelujah and green pasture and stormy weather and cabin in the sky and carmen jones and or any other hollywood film but their great to watch because their early sign of black film making and plus these film provide a glimpse into black life and black entertainment through a black person eye . these film give black a chance to play people from all walk of life and be beautiful and classy and and elegant and and not just be stereotype or how white felt black should be portray like in hollywood . most of the actor and actress of these race film weren not the best and but they be the only one that could be afford at the time and micheaux and spencer williams couldn not afford nina mae mckinney and josephine baker and ethel water and fredi washington and paul robeson and rex ingram and and more of the big star and so micheaux and other black and white race film maker would use nightclub performer in their movie and some be good and some weren not great actor and actress and but i think micheaux and others know most weren not good actor and actress but they be use more a apart of an experiment than for true talent and they just want their story tell and and in return many black performer get to perform their true talent in the film . for some true actor or actress race film be the only type of film they could get work and especially if they do not want to play hollywood stereotype and so i think you will be able to spot the true actor or actress from the nightclub performer . these race film be very historic and they could have be lose forever and many be lose and maybe race film aren not the great example of cinema but even hollywood film do not start out great in the beginning . i think if the race film genre continue and it would have good . if your look for great acting and most race film aren not the one and but if your look for a real example of black entertainment and how black should have be portray in film and than watch race film . there be some entertaining race film with a good acting cast and moon over harlem and body and soul and paradise in harlem and keep punching and sunday sinner and dark manhattan and broken string and boy . what a girl and mystery in swing and miracle in harlem and and sepia cinderella and that not only have good entertainment but good acting .