Reet, Petite, and Gone

Reet, Petite, and Gone

67 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1947

Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis money...and it doesn't include any happiness for Louis and Honey. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.

Reet, Petite, and Gone

67 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1947

Reet, Petite, and Gone
Old-time musical star Schyler Jarvis, now wealthy, is dying; his last act is a visionary plan for the future happiness of his son, swing bandleader Louis Jarvis, and Honey Carter, daughter of his long-lost love. But crooked lawyer Talbot has a nefarious scheme to get his hands on the Jarvis money...and it doesn't include any happiness for Louis and Honey. Plenty of swing from Louis Jordan's Tympany Five.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers
Original title Reet, Petite, and Gone
Directors William Forest Crouch
Writers William Forest Crouch, Irwin Winehouse

Cast

Louis Jordan

as Schyler Jarvis / Louis Jarvis

June Richmond

as June

Milton Woods

as Sam Adams

Bea Griffith

as Honey Carter / Lovey Linn

David Bethea

as Dolph the butler

Lorenzo Tucker

as Henry Talbot

Vanita Smythe

as Rusty

Mable Lee

as Mabel (as Mabel Lee)

Dots Johnson

as Michaels

Pat Rainey

as Pat Rains

Rudy Toombs

as Hal

J. Louis Johnson

as Schyler Jarvis Sr. (as J. Lewis Johnson)

Joe Lillard

as Lt. Jerome