Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Directed byFred Waller
Written byMilton Hockey
Fred Rath
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringCab Calloway
Fredi Washington
CinematographyWilliam Steiner Jr
Music byCab Calloway and his Orchestra
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
August 24, 1934
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (also known as Hi-De-Ho) is an American musical short film directed by Fred Waller and released by Paramount Pictures in 1934.[1] The film stars jazz bandleader Cab Calloway and actress Fredi Washington.[2] In 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection Hollywood Rhythm: Vol. 1-The Best Of Jazz And Blues.[3]

Synopsis

Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies' man who dates the wifeportrayed by Washingtonof 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, New York.

Cast

  • Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
  • Fredi Washington

Notable orchestra members in the film

References

  1. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. The University of California. 1935. p. 245.
  2. Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8108-8543-1.
  3. Pratt, Douglas (2004). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2 Corporation. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-932916-00-3.


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