Syncopation

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

Cast

Adolphe Menjou

as George Latimer

Jackie Cooper

as Johnny Schumacher

Bonita Granville

as Kit Latimer

George Bancroft

as Steve Porter

Todd Duncan

as Rex Tearbone

Connee Boswell

as Connee Boswell

Ted North

as Paul Porter

Frank Jenks

as Smiley Jackson

Jessica Grayson

as Ella Tearbone

Mona Barrie

as Lillian

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