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Hi-De-Ho (1947)

Hi-De-Ho poster
Directed by
Josh Binney
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Cab Calloway leads an all African American cast in this musical film. The story features performances and songs in a nightclub setting.

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What happens

Hi De Ho (also known as Hi-De-Ho) is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Josh Binney. Distributed by All American Entertainment, the film stars an all African American cast, led by Cab Calloway. It first showed at the Squire Theatre in New York, and would be shown in the more than 500 African-American theaters in the US. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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