Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)

Name: Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1934-08-24
Duration: 10 min
Cast: Cab Calloway, Sidney Easton, Fredi Washington, Ethel Moses

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.

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Released 1934-08-24 · 10 min · Comedy, Music

Directed by Fred Waller

Cast

Cab Calloway as Cab Calloway
Sidney Easton as Sam, train porter
Fredi Washington as Sam's wife
Ethel Moses as Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)