Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho backdrop
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MOVIE

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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.

Release Date

1934-08-24

Year

1934

Duration

10m

Status

Released

Score

6.20

#infidelity#jazz-band#train-travel#harlem,-new-york-city#band-leader#adulterous-wife#dancing-man#dancing-girls#cotton-club#fan-dance

Cast

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

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Sidney Easton

Sam, train porter

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

Sam's wife

Ethel Moses

Ethel Moses

Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)