Boogie Woogie Dream (film #3 on Side A of Disc #9 of Classic Musicals DVD Megapack (Mill Creek Entertainment, 2005) (in “Soundies Cavalcade")). [Category: Sleaze & Outsider]

This has a lot more plot that the typical soundie. In a nightclub, after hours, a dishwasher, a paperhanger, and a piano tuner dream of performing in the club with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra. They get their wish in their dreams, at least, and since the dishwasher is Lena Horne, and the two others are talented jazz pianists, they really smoke up the club. But, as they say in Hellzapoppin’, “Too bad they’re not in the show.” Or are they? Is that an agent and his wife sharing the dream with them? Lively and lots of fun.

Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.