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

6.4/10 10 min Comedy Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Fredi Washington

Sam's wife

Ethel Moses

Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)

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