01 Oct 1923
The Social Code
Babs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older sister, Connie from a trying situation.
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James Baskett Jimmie
Count Basie Count Basie
Jo Jones Himself
Plantation Club Chorus Themselves
Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers Themselves
The Big Apple Dancers Themselves
Buck Clayton Himself
Lester Young Himself
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