Cab Calloway Movies

  • 1937
    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    6.51937HD

    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...

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
  • 1965
    Triumph Over Violence

    Triumph Over Violence

    Triumph Over Violence

    7.4741965HD

    Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in...

    Triumph Over Violence
  • 1934
    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

    6.11934HD

    A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.

    Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
  • 1936
    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    71936HD

    Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...

    The Singing Kid
  • 2004
    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    62004HD

    Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

    The Harlem Renaissance
  • 1944
    Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

    6.61944HD

    As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at...

    Sensations of 1945
  • 1947
    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    6.1111947HD

    Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.

    Hi-De-Ho
  • 1953
    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    Porgy and Bess in Wien

    01953HD

    Featuring the opera star Leontyne Price, the concert baritone William Warfield, and the irrepressible jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, this virtually...

    Porgy and Bess in Wien
  • 1932
    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    6.6171932HD

    Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.

    Minnie the Moocher
  • 1942
    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    Minnie the Moocher

    7.8571942HD

    Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".

    Minnie the Moocher
  • 1960
    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    Schlager-Raketen

    91960HD

    "Festival of Hearts" is the name of the new pop music show by popular DJ Camillo. He came up with the idea by chance. Marcel, a young bank employee,...

    Schlager-Raketen
  • 1932
    The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

    7.11932HD

    The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

    The Big Broadcast
  • 1956
    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    Jazz Ball

    81956HD

    A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

    Jazz Ball
  • 1945
    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

    I Was Here When You Left Me

    21945HD

    Cab Calloway & Dotty Saulter perform "I Was Here When You Left Me".

    I Was Here When You Left Me
  • 1977
    The Great Balloon Race

    The Great Balloon Race

    The Great Balloon Race

    01977HD

    A film by Chris Robinson.

    The Great Balloon Race
  • 1945
    Walking with My Honey

    Walking with My Honey

    Walking with My Honey

    01945HD

    Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Walking with My Honey".

    Walking with My Honey
  • 1934
    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    6.3751934HD

    This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington)...

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
  • 2012
    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    Cab Calloway: Sketches

    02012HD

    A singer, dancer, and bandleader, Cab led one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s, with...

    Cab Calloway: Sketches
  • 1945
    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo

    21945HD

    Cab Calloway sings "Foo a Little Bally-Hoo".

    Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
  • 1937
    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    Hi-De-Ho

    7.751937HD

    Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned, because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead a miniature orchestra. A deacon...

    Hi-De-Ho