The Strolling 20s (1966)

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s Harry Belafonte introduces this musical written by poet and playwright Langston Hughes which pays tribute to Harlem in the 1920s Sidney Poitier provides commentary on the era throughout the program and George Kirby and Nipsey Russell portray various Harlem characters Program highlights include Gloria Lynne singing Good Ol Wagon Brownie McGhee singing Let the Deal Go Down Diahann Carroll singing Nobody Knows You When Youre Down and Out Sammy Davis Jr singing and tap dancing to Doin the New Low Down Joe Williams singing Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning and Duke Ellington performing Sophisticated Lady with a sextet