Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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.

Release Date

24 August 1934

10 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Cab Calloway
Sam, train porter
Cotton Club Performer (uncredited)