Cab Calloway Movies

  • 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
  • 1934
    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

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

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
  • 2003
    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

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    Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...

    Piano Blues
  • 1975
    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

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    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
  • 1960
    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

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    Schlager-Raketen
  • 1934
    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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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)...

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
  • 1977
    The Great Balloon Race

    The Great Balloon Race

    The Great Balloon Race

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    A film by Chris Robinson.

    The Great Balloon Race
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1951
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1

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    A 16mm black-and-white, silent home movie film by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with film edge code indicating a...

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
  • 1950
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2

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    A compilation reel of silent, black-and-white home movies featuring Cab Calloway and his family at their home in Long Island, NY and at the beach. ...

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #2
  • 1937
    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

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    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
  • 1948
    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

    Cab Calloway Home Movies

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    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
  • 1951
    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3

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    A compilation reel of 16mm home movies filmed by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with both Kodachrome and...

    Cab Calloway Home Movie #3
  • 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
  • 1942
    The Skunk Song

    The Skunk Song

    The Skunk Song

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    Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers are singing about how The Big Bad Wolf only talks about his Disney money, Felix the Cat is fat and rich, and Mickey...

    The Skunk Song
  • 1945
    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

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

    I Was Here When You Left Me
  • 1945
    Blowtop Blues

    Blowtop Blues

    Blowtop Blues

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    Cab Calloway performs "Blowtop Blues".

    Blowtop Blues