St. Louis Blues (1929)

Starring:

• Bessie Smith
• Jimmy Mordecai 
• Isabel Washington

Storyline
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.

Oft in the Silly Night (1929)

Starring:

• Edward Thompson
• Roberta Hyson 
• Arthur Ray 
• Spencer Williams 
• Laurence Criner

Storyline
A chauffeur falls in love with the daughter of his employer. 

The Melancholy Dame (1929)

Starring:

• Edward Thompson 
• Evelyn Preer 
• Spencer Williams
• Roberta Hyson 
• Charles Olden

Storyline
The story relates the troubles of "Permanent Williams," darktown cabaret owner, who is forced to hire his divorced wife and her new husbands as entertainers. His second wife doesn't relish the fact, so, in the words of Cohen, "troubles is somethin' Permanent ain't got nothing else exceptin'."