Josef Berne Movie Trailers

Catskill Honeymoon Trailer (1950)

27 January 1950

A Jewish resort hotel celebrates a pair of longtime customers' fiftieth wedding anniversary by staging an old-fashioned Borscht Belt show replete with singers, dancers, comedians, and impressionists.

The Outline of Jitterbug History Trailer (1942)

23 March 1942

A comic short featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.

Swing for Your Supper Trailer (1941)

05 May 1941

Dorothy Dandridge sings, featuring Cee Pee Johnson on tom-toms.

A Feller Who Plays in a Band Trailer (1941)

12 May 1941

Susan Miller sings "A Feller Who Plays in a Band."

My Little Grass Shack Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

Charles Dorn with the novelty number My Little Grass Shack.

Jam Session Trailer (1942)

16 February 1942

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

Sleepy Time Down South Trailer (1942)

31 October 1942

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

1942 Short restored in true form

Dance, Baby, Dance (Tantze Babele) Trailer (1945)

15 October 1945

Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

Swing Shift Swing Trailer (1942)

01 December 1942

Soundie with Gael Amber singing and few couples dancing.

Moonlight Becomes You Trailer (1942)

01 December 1942

Moonlight Becomes You, Eddy Howard.

Dance of Shame Trailer (1942)

17 November 1942

A burlesque presentation in an antique environment with Faith Bacon in black veils.

The Bohemian Life Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

Based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger, and the Giacomo Puccini opera. The young, tubercular seamstress, Mimi, falls in love with the impoverished playwright, Rodolfo, but poverty takes its toll on their relationship.