Summary
Bandleader Cab Calloway is tiring of his sexy girlfriend Minnie (Jeni Le Gon), who in turn is jealous of Cab's manager Nettie (Ida James). When Nettie gets Cab a job at the Brass Hat Club, Minnie retaliates for his imagined infidelity by setting gangster Boss Mason, owner of a rival club, against him.Contents
Includes performances of: Hi-de-ho manMinnie's a hepcat now
Dawn time
We the cats shall hep ya
Instrumental fragment
Instrumental
Hey now
Keb-lah
Minnie's a hepcat now
St. James Infirmary
Hi-de-ho man
A rainy Sunday
Little old lady from Baltimore
Instrumental
St. James Infirmary
Instrumental
Dance on Miller name
Board dance
I got a gal named Nettie
Don't falter at the alter
I got a gal named Nettie.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Jazz
-- Drama.
Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Drama. Gangsters -- United States -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama. Jazz -- 1941-1950. Feature films. Musical films. |
| Publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [United States] :Storyville Films ;2004 Navarre Corp. [distributor], |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Contributors |
Calloway, Cab,
1907-1994. Seeger, Hal, screenwriter. Glucksman, E. M. (Emanuel M.), producer. Binney, Josh, 1889-1956, director. Le Gon, Jeni, 1916-2012. James, Ida, 1920-1986 Malkames, Don, director of photography. Harding, Buster, 1917-1965, arranger of music. All American News, Inc., production company. Storyville Films. |
| Participants/Performers |
Cab Calloway and his orchestra, Ida James, Jeni Le Gon, and others. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Don Malkames ; musical arrangements, Buster Harding. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Originally released in 1947 as a motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; screen format 4:3; Dolby digital 5.1, stereo. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 61 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |