1948 musical comedy
When Mom's boarding house is threatened with closure and eviction of the tenants due to non-payments, Mom's tenants get together to put on a show to raise the money needed to save Mom and their home.
Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American race film directed by Josh Binney. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels for black Americans. Boarding House Blues - Wikipedia