Memories and Melodies (1935)
This Technicolor short features the songs of the great American popular composer Stephen Collins Foster. Based on Foster's memoirs.
Top billed cast
Nora CecilCustomer (uncredited)- Jean ChatburnShopgirl (uncredited)
Jesse GravesServant (uncredited)
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