Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
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.
Director: Fred Waller
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Cab Calloway as Cab Calloway |
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Sidney Easton as Sam, train porter |
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Fredi Washington as Sam's wife |
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Ethel Moses as Cotton Club Performer (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fred Waller | Director |
| Writing | Fred Rath | Story |
| Camera | William O. Steiner | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Milton Hockey | Story |