Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
24/08/1934
Comedy, Music
10m
- 66% (14 votes)
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Overview
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
- Fred WallerDirector
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- infidelity
- jazz band
- train travel
- harlem, new york city
- band leader
- adulterous wife
- dancing man
- dancing girls
- cotton club
- fan dance
Top Billed Cast
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Sidney Easton
Sam, train porter
Fredi Washington
Sam's wife
Ethel Moses
Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)
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