Movies and TvShows featuring "scat-singing" theme.

Stormy Weather is a classic musical film released in 1943. Set in the 1900s, it showcases the talents of African-American entertainers through song and dance. The story follows the lives of the performers, their triumphs, and challenges, against the backdrop of a thunderstorm.

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things is a captivating biography and documentary film that traces the extraordinary life journey of the legendary jazz singer, from her humble beginnings as an orphan to her groundbreaking career and influence in the male-dominated world of music. The film explores Fitzgerald's struggles with racism, her transformative breakthroughs, and her significant contributions to jazz and popular music. It also delves into her partnerships with various notable musicians and her impact on the civil rights movement. A must-watch for jazz enthusiasts and fans of Fitzgerald alike.

A young grizzly bear, undaunted by his mother's warnings of the coming winter, runs away from home only to be confronted by Old Man Winter himself.

An evening at a night club for penguins, (and a walrus or two). The stage show includes an appearance by a penguin incarnation of Bing Crosby, who sings a jazzy version of, "When my dreamboat comes home". The band's three singers do a scat version as well. This is followed by a full swing band instrumental of the song which works the band into a "Hot Jazz" frenzy, literaly melting some of the instruments.

When a slacker named Danny is drafted into the army, he finds himself in a world of confusion and despair. With the help of his fellow soldiers, he must navigate through the turmoil of military life while dealing with his own personal demons.

Join Michael Bublé as he brings the holiday spirit to the city with his mesmerizing Christmas music. With celebrity guests, jazz tunes, and heartwarming moments, this special is filled with joy and melodies that will make your Christmas extra special.

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.

Hot Cross Bunny is a 1948 animated comedy short film that follows a bunny who stumbles into a magician's laboratory and gets caught up in a mind-swap experiment. Chaos and hilarity ensue as the bunny swaps bodies with various characters and tries to find a way to return to normal.

In this animated comedy, Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote find themselves in a series of comedic situations involving kidnapping, burglary, and outsmarting each other. The plot is set in the desert, where Bugs Bunny uses his wit and intelligence to outsmart Wile E. Coyote and escape his clutches.

A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway.

Cab Calloway performs at the Cotton Club before he takes his friends down to Harlem for a jitterbug party.

The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.

A husband who listens to jazz instead of mopping the floor is brained with a mop by his wife; he dreams he's King of Jazzmania, a land of soapsuds where Louis Armstrong performs 'I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You' and 'Shine'.

The Charioteers perform the classic title song in this early music video format.