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Cab Calloway's HI DE HO 1934
Cab Calloway's HI-DE-HO
"Mr. Hi-De-Ho"

-- 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

* 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.


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Date: Studio: Director: Availability:
1934 Storyville / Kino Fred Waller [DVD] [VHS]
Runtime: Country Made: Language: Color:
10 minutes USA English Black and White
Genre: Featured Dancer  Featured Dance Dance Rating  
all-black musical Short n/a n/a Good
 
Known Dancers Choreographers Actors / Actresses
n/a Specialty Dancers Cab Calloway
     
     
 
Dances performed in this film   Special Dance Interest
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Some Music Titles in Film Bands / Musicians / Singers Posters / Lobby Cards
St. James infirmery Cab Calloway n/a
       
       
       
       
 
Stage versions of the film Cast Recording(s) / Soundtracks Similar Films Sheet Music Covers
n/a n/a HI-DE-HO [1937] n/a
    HI-DE-HO [1947]  
 
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