Syncopation

Directed by William Dieterle

With Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, George Bancroft and Todd Duncan

In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George. Over the next several years, Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher befriends Kit, who is arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon release, the two form a band.