Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

This article is about the 1934 short film. For the longer 1947 film with similar name, see Hi-De-Ho (1947 film).
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Directed byFred Waller
Written byMilton Hockey
Fred Rath
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringCab Calloway
Fredi Washington
CinematographyWilliam Steiner Jr
Music byCab Calloway and his Orchestra
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 24, 1934 (1934-08-24)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (also known as Hi-De-Ho) is an American musical short film directed by Fred Waller and released by Paramount Pictures in 1934.[1] The film stars jazz bandleader Cab Calloway and actress Fredi Washington.[2] In 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection Hollywood Rhythm: Vol. 1-The Best Of Jazz And Blues.[3]

  1. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. The University of California. 1935. p. 245.
  2. ^ Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8108-8543-1.
  3. ^ Pratt, Douglas (2004). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2 Corporation. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-932916-00-3.