Cab Calloway Movies

  • 1932
    The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

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    The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

    The Big Broadcast
  • 1947
    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

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    Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.

    Hi-De-Ho
  • 1933
    International House

    International House

    International House

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    Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house...

    International House
  • 1936
    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

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    Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...

    The Singing Kid
  • 1933
    The Old Man of the Mountain

    The Old Man of the Mountain

    The Old Man of the Mountain

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    Betty Boop goes to see the fearsome Old Man of the Mountain for herself; he sings the title song and a duet with Betty.

    The Old Man of the Mountain
  • 1953
    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    Porgy and Bess in Wien

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    Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually...

    Porgy and Bess in Wien
  • 2005
    The Great Man: W.C. Fields

    The Great Man: W.C. Fields

    The Great Man: W.C. Fields

    82005HD

    The legendary W.C. Fields is featured in rare behind-the-scenes footage and home movies at work and at play, along with hilarious scenes from some of...

    The Great Man: W.C. Fields
  • 1935
    Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

    Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

    Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

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    Cab Calloway performs at the Cotton Club before he takes his friends down to Harlem for a jitterbug party.

    Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
  • 1934
    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    6.11934HD

    A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
  • 1944
    Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

    6.61944HD

    As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at...

    Sensations of 1945
  • 1945
    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

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    Cab Calloway sings "Foo a Little Bally-Hoo".

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
  • 1956
    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    81956HD

    A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

    Jazz Ball
  • 1937
    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    7.81937HD

    Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra. A deacon...

    Hi-De-Ho
  • 1970
    Ebony Parade

    Ebony Parade

    Ebony Parade

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    Mantan Moreland hosts a series of filmed song, dance and band numbers by various artists, mostly released previously as individual "soundies".

    Ebony Parade
  • 2004
    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

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    Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

    The Harlem Renaissance
  • 1945
    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

    21945HD

    Cab Calloway & Dotty Saulter perform "I Was Here When You Left Me".

    I Was Here When You Left Me
  • 1945
    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

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    Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

    We the Cats Shall Hep Ya
  • 1960
    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    91960HD

    "Festival of Hearts" is the name of the new pop music show by popular DJ Camillo. He came up with the idea by chance. Marcel, a young bank employee,...

    Schlager-Raketen
  • 1948
    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    01948HD

    A collection of home movies filmed from 1948-1951 featuring the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway and his wife Nuffie in their home on Long Beach...

    Cab Calloway Home Movies
  • 1948
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5

    01948HD

    Compilation reel of 16mm color home movies of Cab Calloway and his family in Long Island, New York at Easter. The film also has footage of Calloway's...

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #5