Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party is a 1935 American musical short film which was released by Paramount Pictures (later sold to U.M. & M. TV Corporation). In 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection Hollywood Rhythm: Vol. 1-The Best Of Jazz And Blues.[1]
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party | |
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Directed by | Fred Waller |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Written by | Milton Hockey Fred Rath |
Starring | Cab Calloway |
Music by | Cab Calloway and his Orchestra |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 1935 |
Running time | 8 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Synopsis
Bandleader Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz" and "Long About Midnight" at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York before going to a house party and performing "Jitterbug". In the final sequence, a young Lena Horne can be seen as a Cotton Club dancer doing the jitterbug.[2]
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References
- 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.
- Lefkovitz, Aaron (2017). Transnational Cinematic and Popular Music Icons: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, and Queen Latifah, 1917-2017. Lexington Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4985-5576-0.
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