infidelity,jazz band,train travel,harlem, new york city,band leader,adulterous wife,dancing man,dancing girls,cotton club,fan dance

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

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Fred Waller
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    Cab Calloway Cab Calloway
  • Profile picture of Fredi Washington
    Sam's wife Fredi Washington
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    Cotton Club Performer (uncredited) Ethel Moses

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Keywords

  • infidelity
  • jazz band
  • train travel
  • harlem, new york city
  • band leader
  • adulterous wife
  • dancing man
  • dancing girls
  • cotton club
  • fan dance