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

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

Name: Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1934-08-24

10m

Running Time

August 24, 1934
Release Date

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Plot.

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 & Crew.

Cab Calloway

Sidney Easton

Sam, train porter

Fredi Washington

Sam's wife

Ethel Moses

Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)

Fred Waller

Director

William O. Steiner

Director of Photography

Fred Rath

Story

Milton Hockey

Story

Details.

Release Date
August 24, 1934

Status
Released

Running Time
10m

Genres
Comedy Music

Last updated: 2025-03-14

This Movie Is About.

infidelity

jazz band

train travel

harlem

band leader

adulterous wife

dancing man

dancing girls

cotton club

fan dance

Wiki.

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. The film stars jazz bandleader Cab Calloway and actress Fredi Washington. In 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection Hollywood Rhythm: Vol. 1-The Best Of Jazz And Blues.