The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Lena Horne
Selina Rogers
Bill Robinson
Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway
Katherine Dunham
Fats Waller
'Fats' Waller
Fayard Nicholas
Dancer
Harold Nicholas
Ada Brown
Singer
Dooley Wilson
Gabe Tucker
Doris Ake
Dancer (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Lucille Battle
Matthew Beard
Stagehand (uncredited)
Talley Beatty
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Anise Boyer
Singer (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
Band Member (uncredited)
Judy Carol
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Benny Carter
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Janet Collins
Vivian Dandridge
Robert Felder
Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Ruby Golden
Fat Girl (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Avanelle Harris
Kathleen Hartsfield
Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
Charles Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
Saxophonist (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
Johnny Horace
Member The Shadracks (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
Mae E. Johnson
May Johnson (uncredited)
Jo Jones
Drummer (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
Lyles (uncredited)
Jeni Le Gon
Rosalie Lincoln
F.E. Miller
Skit (uncredited)
Taps Miller
Millie Monroe
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Nightclub Patron
Florence O'Brien
Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
Ruth Scott
Zutty Singleton
Ned Stanfield
Nick Stewart
Cousin Jake (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
Lena Torrence
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
Chick Bailey (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Artie Young
Andrew L. Stone
Director
William LeBaron
Producer
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Mar 13, 2025
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Mar 13, 1985
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Oct 16, 1952
Aug 26, 1945
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Aug 29, 1935
Jun 19, 2020
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Feb 25, 1969
20th Century Fox
US
United States
English
