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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

6.2

0h 10m

1934

Synopsis

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.

Director

Fred Waller

ComedyMusic

infidelityjazz bandtrain travelharlem, new york cityband leaderadulterous wifedancing mandancing girlscotton clubfan dance

Cast & Crew

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

as Cab Calloway

Sidney Easton

as Sam, train porter

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

as Sam's wife

Ethel Moses

Ethel Moses

as Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)

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