That's the Spirit (1933 film)

That's the Spirit
Directed byRoy Mack
StarringJack Carter
Cora LaRedd
Buster Bailey
Mantan Moreland
Flournoy Miller
Release date
  • 1933 (1933)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

That's the Spirit is an American short musical film released in 1933. It features an African American cast starring Noble Sissle and was directed by Roy Mack. The Vitaphone film was distributed by Warner Brothers. The film survives.

That's the Spirit includes Noble Sissle Orchestra performing "Tiger Rag", Jack Carter singing "Saint Louis Blues" and Washboard Stompers performing "Stomp".

It has been described as "one of the greatest all-black jazz shorts ever made."

That's the Spirit includes various special effect gags repeated to ghostly apparitions. It is believed to be Mantan Moreland's first film.

That's the Spirit was included in a jazz program at Festival of the Arts at Wilmington College in 1968.