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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Aug 24, 1934 · 10m
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Comedy
Music

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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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CAST

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

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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