Caldonia (1945)
18m
Running Time
August 1, 1945Release Date
Plot.
Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.
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Cast & Crew.
Louis Jordan
Himself
Cab Calloway
Himself
Doc Cheatham
Doc
Milt Hinton
Milt
Nicky O'Daniel
Caldonia
Taylor and Harris
Themselves
Richard Huey
Felix Paradise, a Penniless Producer
William Forest Crouch
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Caldonia is a two reel American musical short film directed by William Forest Crouch and released by Astor Pictures in 1945. The film stars musician Louis Jordan and was produced by his manager Berle Adams. The film includes four songs performed by Jordan and his band: "Caldonia", "Honey Child", "Tillie" and "Buzz Me", which were also released individually by the Soundies Distributing Corporation of America.
In 2008, a poster for the film was included on a U.S. postage stamp in a set of five celebrating Vintage Black Cinema.