Fats Waller Movies
- 2018
Howard
Howard6.92018HD
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely...
- 1943
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather6.91943HD
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early...
- 2004
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance62004HD
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...
- 1936
King of Burlesque
King of Burlesque5.91936HD
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who...
- 1935
Hooray for Love
Hooray for Love4.71935HD
A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for...
- 1944
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It41944HD
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
- 2002
It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment82002HD
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...
- 1982
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'7.51982HD
Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats"...
- 1941
Honeysuckle Rose
Honeysuckle Rose21941HD
Fats Waller is at the piano with a bunch of pretty female dancers, one of whom that sits next to him at the keys is Vivian Brown. He tells her he...
- 1974
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'01974HD
Compilation of extracts from 'blue' movies from 1900 to the 1940s intercut with clips of popular music and dancing, and excerpts from newsreels and...
- 1941
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'3.71941HD
Fats Waller performs his best song and mugs for the camera with many a sly, risqué comment in this 1941 Soundie. A rare and impeccable record...
- 1941
Your Feet's Too Big
Your Feet's Too Big41941HD
Fats and the gang are cutting it up on this 1941 music video of his 1939 hit “Your Feet’s Too Big”. Fats was one of the giants of...
- 1983
Your Feet's Too Big
Your Feet's Too Big01983HD
A cartoon elephant undone by his large feet
- 2008
This Joint Is Jumpin': Jazz Musician Fats Waller
This Joint Is Jumpin': Jazz Musician Fats Waller02008HD
This Joint Is Jumpin' celebrates the life and work of the great Fats Waller. Fats started playing church organ at age 10 and his all-action musical...
- 1941
The Joint Is Jumpin'
The Joint Is Jumpin'01941HD
The one and only Fats Waller with Myra Johnson performing his classic song The Joint Is Jumpin' from 1941.