Caldonia (film)

Caldonia
Directed byWilliam Forest Crouch
Screenplay byJohn A. McGee
Produced byBerle Adams
StarringLouis Jordan
Edited byLeonard Weiss
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Release date
  • August 1, 1945 (1945-08-01)
Running time
18 minutes

Caldonia is a two reel American musical short film directed by William Forest Crouch and released by Astor Pictures in 1945.[1] The film stars musician Louis Jordan and was produced by his manager Berle Adams. The film includes four songs performed by Jordan and his band: "Caldonia", "Honey Child", "Tillie" and "Buzz Me", which were also released individually by the Soundies Distributing Corporation of America.[2]

In 2008, a poster for the film was included on a U.S. postage stamp in a set of five celebrating Vintage Black Cinema.[3]

  1. ^ Clear, Rebecca D. (1993). Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress. DIANE Publishing. pp. 20. ISBN 978-0-7881-1436-6. Nicki O'Daniel.
  2. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4766-3628-3.
  3. ^ "2008 42c Vintage Black Cinema: Caldonia". Mystic Stamp Company.