Hi De Ho

1947

Musical

6
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 366 366

musical

Director

Josh Binney Photo
Josh Binney

Top cast

Cab Calloway Photo
Cab Calloway as Cab Calloway
Jeni Le Gon Photo
Jeni Le Gon as Minnie
David Bethea Photo
David Bethea as Brass Hat Club Owner
Milt Hinton Photo
Milt Hinton as Self - Bassist in Cab Calloway's Small Band
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687.02 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 14 min
Seeds 1
1.25 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 14 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by psteier 6 / 10

For Cab Calloway fans

The plot is thin and the acting is mostly wooden, but the real point of the movie is Cab Calloway's wonderful band and some specialty numbers, especially the finale that is the last third of the film.The best additional act is high powered tap dancing by Miller Bros. and Lois. Dusty Fletcher does his famous "Open the Door Richard" sketch in blackface. The Peters Sisters are curious but didn't do anything for me.
Reviewed by dahall-934-421671 7 / 10

Great Film Entertainment!

As with all the reviews, there's no real storyline, but you MUST watch for all the great performances. One of the reviews mentions Dusty Fletcher's "blackface" performance "Open the Door Richard" is in this film - it's not on my copy. However, there seems to be earlier versions of Hi-De-Ho released with different plots (1934) and (1937) so I'm not certain if my copy is bad copy (although I have 2 copies of 1947) or if that particular act is in one of the earlier releases...whatever the case, if you are into Cab Calloway - the performances are phenomenal! The same goes for the Miller Bros. & Lois. I actually like the Peters Sisters - they had great voices and my favorite numbers were "Rainy Sunday" and "Old Lady From Baltimore"...hope this helps!
Reviewed by mark-952 6 / 10

If you love Cab Calloway -- otherwise . . .

Cab Calloway is the center of this short film -- and just about the only thing it has to offer. As mentioned elsewhere, "Hi-De-Ho" is a genre piece weak on plot, acting and production alike. Folks who love the "King of Hi-de-ho", however, will relish his dancing, mugging, swinging and singing, oh singing! Uncredited in the opening titles except as "and his Orchestra" is a great line-up of jazz notables: Milt Hinton on bass and Cozy Cole on drums to name but two. If for no other reason, see "Hi-De-Ho" for the great big band numbers played as cool and hot as you could ask.
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