Love in Syncopation

{{Short description|1946 film by Leonard Anderson}}

Love in Syncopation is a 1946 musical comedy film released in the United States. The film featured Henri Woode and his band as well as Ruby Dee.{{Cite web|title=Love in Syncopation (1946) [Lost Film]|url=https://www.daaracarchive.org/2019/04/love-in-syncopation-1946-lost-film.html|website=The Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture's Archive}} Leonard Anderson directed and William D. Alexander produced. The film features dance and musical performances including by the Congaroos.

The cast included Harrel Tillman who went on to become a reverend, lawyer, and judge in Houston, Texas. He is credited as the state's first African American judge.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=steLXpuOONEC&dq=%22Love+in+syncopation%22&pg=PT2029|title=Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events|first=Jessie Carney|last=Smith|date=December 1, 2012|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=9781578594252|via=Google Books}}

The Pittsburgh Courier did an extensive write up of the film when it was released.{{Cite news|date=August 3, 1946|title=NEW FILMUSICAL|page=18|work=The Pittsburgh Courier|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13026443/the-pittsburgh-courier/}} The Courier praised the film as fast moving, full of musical variety, and lauded it for progressing African American cinema.