Fredi Washington

After rejecting the affections of his Black neighbor for a white woman, a wealthy Haitian plantation owner unwittingly lets loose a zombie plague.

Cohen Film Collection introduces this classic short staring Cab Calloway. Cab plays a ladies’ man who dates the wife of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. In addition to this tongue-in-cheek plot, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra perform “Harlem Camp Meeting,” and Calloway has two vocals, “Zaz-zuh-zaz” and “The Lady with the Fan.”

After escaping from prison, the unscrupulous Brutus Jones bluffs and manipulates his way into becoming emperor of a small Caribbean island.

A young widow and her maid build a booming pancake business while raising their daughters.