Swing! (1938), 5-

Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
(69 min) Released 1938-04-29
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Stars: Cora Green, Larry Seymour, Hazel Diaz

Genres: Musical | Drama
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031999/
Watched online, poor print, overly long. Film is only 68 min, don't go for this print again.

The Tap! Appendix lists this for the Tyler Twins (their only mention), and they are listed in the film credits as Tap Dancers, but the only people approaching being twins were a pair of chorines who were dressed alike but differently than the rest of the pack. They were poorly placed, on the left and right edges of the screen. A reviewer says that one Twin was playing piano and the other danced, which echoes the Soundtracks page, and the Wikipedia page, but you know how these things can propagate. Unless I missed another such pair, the pair that were split piano/floor were guys who were not same face nor age; the piano player was a foot taller and 5+ years older than the dancer. IMDb identifies the TT as "an actress" with 2 credits and no other info.

Another YouTube clip, which concatenates the alleged Tyler Twins clip with the best dancer's performance (at 19:24), has a comment that identifies him as Harold Cromer. Per Wikipedia, he's the second Stumpy from Stump and Stumpy. IMDb has him born in '21, so it's possible, but his earliest credit was '42, and nothing on IMDb identifying him as Stumpy. No mention of him whatsoever in Tap!.

Dancing & other highlights:

• Doli Armena...Miss Watkins, a Trumpet Player solos in nightclub at 14:45.
• male tapper auditioning at 19:24 is very good (Harold Cromer?)
• 36:20 chorines sorta-tapping in rehearsal
• 38:20 young man sings, taps in audition, while partner plays piano (Tyler Twins?)
• 44:00 woman trumpeter auditions for the show
• 45:45 Consuelo Harris (dancer) auditions
• 1:00:00 8-pc band riffs
• 1:02:30 chorines in costume tap (what they rehearsed?)

The story, the acting and the sound are all pretty bad, even accounting for a less than pristine print. The sound reminds me of early 30's. I wouldn't be surprised if this "race film" was produced with Hollywood retread equipment, dating back to the early sound days.

Micheaux Film, dir. Micheaux; 5-