Key Cast:Cab Calloway, Ida James, Jeni Le Gon, William Campbell, Virginia Girvin, George Whilshire, James Dunmore, Augustus Smith, Edgar martin, Leonard Rogers, David Bethea, Shepard Roberts, Frederick Johnson
Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Musical
Song Sample:
"Hi-De-Ho Man"
Description
"Hi De Ho" is an all-black cast film that features some great swing jazz songs performed by Cab Calloway and his orchestra.
In Hi De Ho, singer Cab Calloway finds himself in a precarious position between his girlfriend, Minnie, and his female manager, Nettie. Minnie is jealous and thinks that Cab is romantically involved with Nettie. To get revenge, she hatches a plan against Cab.
Trivia
∙ "Hi-De-Ho" was made specifically for African-American audiences to be shown at colored theatres. African-American films made during this time to be shown in colored theatres did not have the financial resources to make super high quality productions.
∙ Cab Calloway and his orchestra perform many great numbers in Hi-De-Ho including the following:
“Minnie’s a Hepcat Now”
“Dawn Time”
“Bop Bop”
“Hey Now, Hey Now”
“Hi-De-Ho Man”
“St. James Infirmary Blues”
“I Got a Gal Named Nettie”
“Don’t Falter at the Altar”
∙ Cab Calloway, who stars in this movie, was known as the “King of Hi-De-Ho.” Hi-De-Ho is often used to describe “scat” which is a style of jazz singing using nonsense syllables such as “hi de ho,” “skeeten” and “scat.”
DVD Availability
Buy Hi-De-Ho Movie DVD
"Hi-De-Ho" stars Cab Calloway in a classic movie featuring
an All-Black Cast.
This movie is available on a DVD that also contains another
Top 100 Black Classic Movie, "The Duke is Tops" starring
Lena Horne.
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over $25.
"Hi-De-Ho" Movie Poster
"Hi De Ho" Movie Posters
Buy vintage "Hi De Ho" movie posters.
Click the poster image on the left
for purchase details.
Cab Calloway Music CD
Cab Calloway "Hi-De-Hi" Album
This Cab Calloway album features many of his most
famous songs including "Minnie the Moocher" and
"Geechy Joe." There are 24 classic Cab Calloway
tunes on this album.
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over $25.
Cab Calloway Music Downloads
Cab
Calloway "Hi-De-Hi" Music Download You can download songs from Cab Calloway's "Hi-De-Hi" album or download the entire album.
Some of the Cab Calloway songs on this album are:
"Minnie the Moocher" "St. James Infirmary" "Scat Song" "Geechy Joe"
"The Jumpin' Jive" (hep, hep) "Hi-De-Ho Man"
Click the play button to listen to samples and for purchase details.
