Cab Calloway Movies

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but...

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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 Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every participant from the film. Star and co-writer Dan...

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

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

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

From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...

Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers are singing about how The Big Bad Wolf only talks about his Disney money, Felix the Cat is fat and rich, and Mickey...

A compilation reel of silent, black-and-white home movies featuring Cab Calloway and his family at their home in Long Island, NY and at the beach. ...

A film by Chris Robinson.

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

Cab Calloway performs at the Cotton Club before he takes his friends down to Harlem for a jitterbug party.

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

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

Mantan Moreland hosts a series of filmed song, dance and band numbers by various artists, mostly released previously as individual "soundies".

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

Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

A collection of home movies filmed from 1948-1951 featuring the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway and his wife Nuffie in their home on Long Beach...

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