Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

1934 · 10 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, Music

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.

Directed by Fred Waller · Written by Fred Rath

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