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Synopsis: The plot is simple: marital
infidelity. Cab
Calloway
receives a telegram while en route to an engagement at the Cotton
Club, and he must improvise a new tune in the sleeping car of
his train. A few of the films scenes are at the Cotton Club, and
many scenes evoke Harlem as the magical center of black America.
Cinematography by William O. Steiner
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Cab
Calloway
sings and stage dances his famous tune that got him called the
Hi-De-Ho man. Scenes from the Cotton Club with dances. There is
no "Swing dancing" aka: Jitterbug but is historically
interesting to swing dance. |
