Hard to believe this was only 11 min. Long!, as it packs quite a bit in. The theme is pie making, thus all the band members wore baker's hats. We get to see and hear a glamorized 20y.o. Nina Mae McKinney, 3 years after her role as a crooked seductress in the pioneering 1929 all black film "Hallelujah". She sings 2 songs in the first half of the film, including "It takes a Blackbird to make the Sweetest Kind of Pie"............. Then, the young Nicholas Brothers entertain in the 2nd half, with their unique 'flash dancing' style, which mixed conventional dance with tap dancing, and acrobatics. One clearly is much taller than the other at this time, since one was only 11, while the other was 18, in this, their first film appearance. They would become quite famous on and off screen. Probably, their film apex occurred in the 1943 all-black "Stormy Weather". ............Blake was a song writer, pianist and singer, as well as band leader. His favorite type of music was jazz, and most of the numbers are jazzy............An excellent film copy is included in the Hallelujah DVD, and is also viewable nearby here, on the internet. 4 years later, Nina and the Nicholas Brothers would again be featured in the 20min. "Black Network", although they would have to share the spotlight with several other musical performers.