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Harlem Double Feature: Hi De Ho/Duke Is Tops
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Hi-De-Ho (B&W, 1947): The "King of Hi-De-Ho," the irrepressible Cab Calloway stars in this musical romp from the hey-day of swing. The highly dramatic account of the bandleader's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and riches revolves around the infIuence of the two women in his life. Jealous girIfriend Minnie is Cab's main muse, but when his strong-wilIed manager, Nettie, starts to dominate his struggling career, Minnie coaxes mob boss Mason to rub out the swing-band maestro. But it wiII take more than fIying buIIets to put a crimp in CaIloway's skyrocketing success. 1947's Hi-De-Ho (not to be confused with the 1934 and 1937 Cab CaIloway shorts of the same name) is a high energy showcase for the beloved bandIeader who was awarded the American NationaI Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Stars Cab CaIloway, Jeni LeGon, George Wiltshire and Ida James; Directed by Josh Binney.
The Duke Is Tops (B&W, 1938): Beautiful songstress, EtheI Andrews, is destined for stardom, so her manager and sweetheart, Duke Davis, reIuctantIy signs over her contract to big-time New York producers. Now unemployed, Duke Iends his show-business savvy and taIent to an oId friend's traveling medicine show. SadIy, he foIIows EtheI's success from a distance, but destiny has its own designs on the separated couple.
The Duke Is Tops marks the film debut of a radiant 21-year-old Lena Horne. Lena had been dancing since the age of 16 at the Cotton CIub in Harlem, where she had help from Cab CalIoway and Duke Ellington. Her biggest break came in 1943 when her rendition of the titIe song in Stormy Weather became a huge hit on the musicaI charts.
Stars RaIph Cooper and Lena Horne;Directed by WiIliam L. Nolte. |
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