Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
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.
- Date of release
- 1934-08-24
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Fred Waller
Casting
- Cab Calloway — Cab Calloway
- Sidney Easton — Sam, train porter
- Fredi Washington — Sam's wife
- Ethel Moses — Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho is an American musical short film directed by Fred Waller and released by Paramount Pictures in 1934. The film stars jazz bandleader Cab Calloway and actress Fredi Washington. In 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection Hollywood Rhythm: Vol. 1-The Best Of Jazz And Blues.
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