In 1928, the Missouri Rockets traveled to New York City to perform in the Broadway show Rain or Shine where the caught the eye of showbiz impresario Roxy Rothafel. In 1930 they appeared in their first film, “ King of Jazz ”—a pre-Code musical revue starring Paul Whiteman ands orchestra. It contained only musical numbers and comedy sketches. King of Jazz  was the nineteenth all-talking motion picture filmed entirely in two-color  Technicolor  rather than simply including colo

The Missouri Rockets with Russell Markert Russell Market was a chorus dancer at the Missouri Theater. The owner of the theater asked him to come up with a specialty dance troupe so he began auditioning local girls. In 1925 he had formed a group of 16 women between between 5’2″and 5’6 ½”, and called them the “Missouri Rockets.” They made their debut that year in St. Louis performing before feature films at the Missouri Theater on Grand Avenue The Missouri Rockets In 1928, the