Harlem Double Feature: Jivin' In Be Bop (1946) / Beware (1946) (MOD) (DVD Movie) 840418305614 What comes as a surprise

What comes as a surprise to his wife sends shock waves throughout their small churchgoing community

And hear harrowing tales of disaster from those lucky enough to survive

is also the narrator (voice by uncredited Vic Morrow) of this tale of the pup's rise from 1890s Bowery castoff to backroom saloon brawler (the film does not revel in nor show its dog-fighting scenes in detail) to beribboned show champion to blueblood pet

A cinematic valentine about coming of age and coming to terms with who you are

Radio comic Jack Pearl (with support from Jimmy Durante) plays the bogus baron on a speaking tour

Harlem Double Feature: Jivin' In Be Bop (1946) / Beware (1946) (MOD) (DVD Movie) 840418305614 What comes as a surpriseJivin' In Be Bop (1946, B&W): Dizzy Gillespie takes center stage and hosts an old time variety show from the "Chitlin Circuit" captured in its entirety. Jivin' in Be Bop features one smash show stopping tune after another performed by Dizzy and His Orchestra intermingled with hilarious vaudeville routines. Starring Dizzy Gillispie and His Orchestra, Helen Humes, Ray Sneed Sanji, Freddie Carter and Ralph Brown; Directed by Leonard Anderson and Spencer