Hi-De-Ho

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1937 / 11min.

Rating8

Genres

Music

Comedy

Synopsis

Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra. A deacon passing by the apartment hears him singing and advises him go to his wife's gypsy tea room. As she reads the tea leaves, she sees situations which lead to Cab and his orchestra performing musical numbers.

Directors

Actors

Cab Calloway

Jeni Le Gon

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