Reviewer:
ChronicKristinitis
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December 19, 2020
Subject:
all black cast- Lena Horne and..
The Cats & The Fiddle - they do a great number during the "Medicine man" snake oil sales pitch- That killin' jive" "He's the man that smokes that jive
That jive will take you for a dive
One slip you will arrive
When you smoke that killin' jive
It will make you very tall
Seems as if you're going to fall
Knock yourself out for a ride
You know I mean that killin' jive
You will think you'll blow your top
Start laughing and you just can't stop
Now won't you give him a smile
'Cause he's a sad man not a bad man
Everything will seem so funny. Darkest days will seem so sunny
That feeling will arrive
When you smoke that killin' jive
When you're high man
You're sailin' man
You're in the sky man
You got no mail man
You'll be so mellow
Just like a jello
When you smoke that killin' jive" So, weed was a cool jazz musicians thing way back. Great film, the dance numbers are out of this world. Aired on the Movies Network over the air Dec 18 2020.