Cab Calloway Movies

  • 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
  • 1995
    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

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    From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1932
    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

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    Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.

    Minnie the Moocher
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1942
    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

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    Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".

    Minnie the Moocher
  • 1956
    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

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    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
  • 1945
    Walking with My Honey

    Walking with My Honey

    Walking with My Honey

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    Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Walking with My Honey".

    Walking with My Honey
  • 1960
    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

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    "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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

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    A singer, dancer, and bandleader, Cab led one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s, with...

    Cab Calloway: Sketches
  • 1951
    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

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    16mm silent color film shot by Cab Calloway during his 1951 tour in Haiti. This film features footage of Cab Calloway and his band performing on an...

    Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti