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

  • NR
  • 08/24/1934 (US)
  • Comedy, Music
  • 10m

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.

Fred Waller

Director

Fred Rath

Story

Milton Hockey

Story

Cast

Cab Calloway's headshot

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway
Sidney Easton's headshot

Sidney Easton

Sam, train porter
Fredi Washington's headshot

Fredi Washington

Sam's wife
Ethel Moses's headshot

Ethel Moses

Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)

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