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Synopsis: From Kultur comes this documentary that looks at the Harlem Renaissance through the music that defined the era. Harlem Renaissance: The Music & Rhythms That Started a Cultural Revolution includes performances of such songs as Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher," Fats Waller's "This Joint Is Read More
Synopsis: The 1940s was a monumental decade for the United States. Amid World War II, economic recovery, and the start of the Cold War, American music provided a soundtrack to a generation. The Music Classics line from MPI Home Video attempts to offer the chance to relieve the era with a ten-volume series Read More
Synopsis: Songwriter Harold Arlen is the subject of this documentary. Arlen wrote several songs for famous artists, but remained in the shadows as singers such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett received the acclaim. Arlen's most popular song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the noted song from the Wizard of Read More
Synopsis: A highly entertaining retrospective of the famous basketball team. Harlem Globetrotters: 6 Decades of Magic, hosted by Louis Gossett Jr., showcases the multi-talented and athletic players that have been delighting audiences all over the world since 1927. Special profiles of famous players like Read More
Actors: Milt Hinton, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins
Synopsis: A Great Day in Harlem is a wonderful documentary about a seemingly ho-hum subject -- the taking of a photograph. Even when the photograph in question involves some of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived, building a film around a static subject like a photograph is not an easy task. Jean Bach Read More
Synopsis: Review the history of black show-business. Music, dance and comic routines are featured in this six volume set. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This refreshing music video features Dr. Demento as he hosts this look at bizarre music videos. Included are tunes by Cab Calloway, Allan Sherman, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and many others. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: See swing hits from the 1940s. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: A mix of comedy, dance and musical performances is featured in this installment of Storyville Films Jazz Legends series. Among the songs in Variety at the Apollo are "Only a Moment Ago" by Dinah Washington, "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole, and "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway and the Cabaliers. Read More
Synopsis: Storyville Films presents this series of short music programs, originally produced between 1941 and 1947. Called "Soundies," these popular films were shown in a jukebox machine called a Panoram. In Harlem Roots, Vol. 1: The Big Bands, four of the most famous big band leaders perform, including Duke Ellington Read More
Synopsis: Volume 2 of this 2 video set feature title and film selections from black jazz bands such as Hot Chocolate (Ellington 1941), Calypso Blues (Cole 1951) and Unlucky Woman Blues (Horne 1941). ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: A Musical-Educational-Informative video all in one! Cab Calloway is featured with his band in this compilation of vintage films. Beginning in 1935 with "Jitterbug Party" to a 1937 feature film, "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round, and a tune called "Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm." Skip to 1942 for four Read More
Synopsis: In the early days of cinema, characters were broadly sketched. Villains sported dark circles under their eyes and ingénues wore wide-eyed looks of innocence. Unfortunately, ethnic stereotypes prevailed just as strongly. Especially biased were the portrayals of people of color. The That's Black Read More
Synopsis: Disneyland is the scene of concerts capturing the music of Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Cab Calloway. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Cab Calloway takes you through the Harlem of the 30s and 40s when Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were playing the clubs there. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Featured Music
Synopsis: The Fleischer Brothers' classic character Betty Boop stars in this animated musical comedy that finds the squeaky-voiced lass landing herself in the Oval Office as the United States' first-ever female Commander in Chief. Betty Boop for President: The Movie features music by such legends as Cab Calloway Read More
Actors: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Candy, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher
Synopsis: Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman Read More
Synopsis: In this made-for-television musical fable, a young boy yearns to become an angel after he dies in a fall. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld
Synopsis: Steve McQueen stars as the Cincinnati Kid, a crackerjack New Orleans stud poker player. Tired of chicken feed, the Kid decides to challenge The Man (Edward G. Robinson), the reigning poker champ, who is in town for a private game. The Shooter (Karl Malden), another gambling pro, arranges a game Read More
Actors: Ed Sullivan, The Beatles, Cab Calloway
Actors: Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Mahalia Jackson, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
Synopsis: The life of legendary bluesman W.C. Handy is highly dramatized in this tuneful biopic. The story opens as his father, a minister chastises his son for playing "the devil's music." Despite his father's admonitions, Handy is drawn to the blues. He is encouraged by two disparate women, one an earthy Read More
Synopsis: This evening of musical magic includes some of the greatest jazz artists and their exciting performances. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Filmmakers Joseph Kohn and Leonard Reed assemble this patchwork collection of kinescopes featuring such legendary musicians as Sarah Vaughn, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Nipsey Russell, and Lionel Hampton. Master of Ceremonies Willie Bryant offers a stirring rendition of "Bad Bad Whiskey". ~ Jason Read More
Actors: Count Basie
Synopsis: This video offers a feast of legendary musical acts from 1940's. Shot in the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, this film features Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton, Nat "King" Cole, and Count Basie. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Songwriter
Actors: Cab Calloway, Ida James, Jeni Le Gon, William Campbell
Synopsis: As the title indicates, Hi-De-Ho is a vehicle for entertainer Cab Calloway. The star plays a bandleader (what else?) who is torn between two lovers: his jealous girlfriend Jenni leGon and his crafty manager Ida James. leGon hires a gangland assassin to take Calloway for a ride, but at the last Read More
Actors: Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth, Isabel Jewell
Synopsis: In this crime drama, a naive, honest young woman falls for a louse who takes her to illicit gambling houses. When one of them is raided and she is there, her angry father throws her out of the house. After that her life takes a real dive until she is able to talk her way into joining a chorus-line Read More
Actors: Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Fats Waller, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway
Synopsis: Built around the premise of a Big Stage Show, Stormy Weather affords rare "mainstream" leading roles to some of the era's greatest African-American entertainers Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Dooley Wilson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, and the Nicholas Brothers. The Read More
Actors: Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, Tamara Geva, James Gleason
Synopsis: In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry Read More
Actors: Cab Calloway
Synopsis: Cab Calloway's Hi-Do-Ho is a ten-minute Paramount musical short from 1934. The short story involves jive-master jazz performer Cab Calloway as he travels by train on his way to the Cotton Club. Features performances with his full orchestra, including the famous call-and-response song of the title. Read More
Synopsis: Betty Boop's 43rd cartoon opens in the palace of the vain and wicked Queen, who of course is engaged in her favorite pastime -- asking her mirror who is the fairest in the land. Betty arrives at the Palace, guarded by Koko and Bimbo, and asks to see her stepmother, the Queen. Displeased that Read More
Actors: Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Sharon Lynne, George Barbier, Leila Hyams
Synopsis: This early musical is a bit slim on story but features a number of vintage performances by a stellar cast, including some of the most popular radio stars of the day. George (George Burns) manages a radio station that is on the brink of bankruptcy. Leslie McWhinney (Stuart Erwin), a carefree Read More
Synopsis: This is a music and dance performance video which shows some of the classic song and dance scenes from movies. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This collection of five musical shorts feature Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Eubie Blake and Don Redman. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
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