'The Beulah Show' was the first TV series to feature an African American woman in the lead role. This episode is called "The Waltz". The show starred Hattie McDaniel. It's commonly believed that most episodes of this show were destroyed. The show was controversial for claims of "racial stereotyping", though to be honest, I could think of plenty of shows that did the same thing years later without complaint.

Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince female impresonator Tim Moore to impresonate the second female backer. Although it's release date is is 1947 it was passed by the National Board of Review in 1946.