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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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Duration10 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateAug 24, 1934

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.

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Music

Casts

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Sidney Easton

Sam, train porter

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

Sam's wife

Ethel Moses

Ethel Moses

Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)