Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
항상 뱀가죽 잠바를 입고 다녀 ‘스테이크 스킨’ 이라는 별명을 가진 사비에르는 폭행 사건으로 인해서 재판에 서게 되고 풀려나는 즉시 나쁜 추억만 있는 도시를 떠나 새로운 안식처를 찾아 떠난다. 차가 고장 나서 처음 들린 마을에서 우연히 새 일자리를 얻게 되고, 돈 때문에 가게 주인에게 시집온 안주인과 그는 사랑의 빠지게 된다. 하지만 뛰어난 외모로 인해 마을 여자들의 사랑을 독차지 하는 사비에르는 결국 마을 남자들의 미움을 사게 되고 마을에서 나가라는 압력을 받게 된다. 하지만 진정한 사랑을 두고 마을을 떠날 수 없는 사비에르는 그녀와 함께 마을을 떠나려 하다 불타 죽게 된다.
Bob Roberts
Unsuccessful gambler 'Dollar Bill' Burton lives in a crummy New York basement room with old friend Bob and a new roommate, friendly blues singer 'Alabama' Lee. But, tired of being broke, Dollar Bill gets more steady employment...doing illegal errands for gangster Bad Boy George. The now prosperous Bill ignores pretty, adoring Etta and takes up with sultry singer Regina. Will Bill's way of life catch up with him? Will his upright friends be more successful in the end?
Simon
Tenants of a Harlem boarding house put on a show to save their home.
Great Joseph
A struggling songwriter (Billy Daniels) abandons his girlfriend (Sheila Guyse) for a flashy woman (Tondeleyo) after landing a hit.
Dean Hargreaves
Ware College is a small Black college in Ware, Ohio. Once prominent, it is now low in attendance, low in enrollment and low on money; and at a meeting with instructors Drury and Annabelle Brown, Dean Hargreaves reveals that CEO Benjamin Ware III, grandson of the college's founder, claims the estate of his late grandfather is now also destitute, which they believe is untrue and a result of Annabelle's having spurned his affections. They decide to appeal to their famous alumni for financial help thru a reunion, and invitations are sent. Many could help; but surely not Lucius Jordan, a timid lad who loved Annabelle too but dropped out under pressure from Ware. What they don't know is, he's now Louis Jordan, king of swing and leader of the Tympani Band.
