The Singing Brakeman

Jasper Ewing Brady III / Basil Smith, Columbia-Victor Gems, 1929. Jimmie Rodgers in the leads. Rodgers sings three of his songs: "Waiting for a Train", "Daddy and Home" and "Blue Yodel". Following Rodgers' success as a recording artist by the end of 1929, the short was filmed at the studios of the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey. US 1929/30 title; renewal not checked title-by-title. About 9 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.