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1. Show Time at the Apollo (1955– )
Episode: Basin Street Revue

27 min | Comedy, Music

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Director: Joseph Kohn | Stars: Willie Bryant, Faye Adams, Cholly Atkins, Ruth Brown

2. Show Time at the Apollo (1955– )

30 min | Comedy, Music

8.6
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Music, comedy and dance featuring African-American performers are blended together in this variety show.

Stars: Willie Bryant, Nipsey Russell, Lionel Hampton, Herb Jeffries

Votes: 11

3. Stormy Weather (1943)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

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The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Katherine Dunham and Her Troupe

Votes: 2,891

4. Minnie the Moocher (1942)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Music

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This Soundie shows Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing the title song.

Stars: Cab Calloway, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra

Votes: 62

5. Meet the Maestros (1938)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Music

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A Headliners short showcasing the contrasting styles of five bands.

Director: Leslie M. Roush | Stars: Isham Jones, Phil Spitalny, Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra, Russ Morgan

6. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

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Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, Tamara Geva

Votes: 179

7. Hi De Ho (1937)

Approved | 11 min | Musical, Short

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Young Cab Calloway's mother is concerned because Cab spends his days listening to the radio, pretending to lead an orchestra. A deacon, passing by the apartment, hears him singing and ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Jeni Le Gon

Votes: 180

8. The Singing Kid (1936)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

6.3
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Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.

Directors: William Keighley, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 167

9. Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)

Approved | 8 min | Short, Music, Musical

7.0
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Cab Calloway performs two numbers at the Cotton Club, then takes his friends down to Harlem for a jitterbug party.

Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Cab Calloway, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Lena Horne, Avon Long

Votes: 83

10. Minnie the Moocher (1932)

Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.3
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Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Billy Murray, William Pennell

Votes: 1,725



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