| Release Date: | Jul 1943 |
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| Genre: | Musical |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 78 min |
| Cast: | Lena Horne (Selina Rogers) Bill Robinson (Bill Williamson) Cab Calloway (Himself) Katherine Dunham (Herself) Fats Waller (Himself) Fayard Nicholas (Himself (as Nicholas Brothers)) Harold Nicholas (Himself (as Nicholas Brothers)) Ada Brown (Herself) Dooley Wilson (Gabe Tucker) Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ((scenes deleted)) Zutty Singleton () Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (Stage Hand (uncredited)) Talley Beatty (Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe...) Benny Carter (Musician: trumpet (uncredited)) Janet Collins (Dancer (uncredited)) Vivian Dandridge (Dancer (uncredited)) Robert Felder (Cab Calloway Jr. (uncredited)) Louise Franklin (Dancer (uncredited)) Suzette Harbin (Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Avanelle Harris (Dancer (uncredited)) Coleman Hawkins (Saxophonist (uncredited)) Cleo Herndon (Dancer (uncredited)) Johnny Horace (The other Shadrack (uncredited)) Illinois Jacquet (Band member (uncredited)) Mae E. Johnson (May E. Johnson (uncredited)) Jo Jones (Drummer (uncredited)) Johnny Lee (Lyles (uncredited)) Jeni Le Gon (Bit part (uncredited)) F.E. Miller (Himself (uncredited)) Taps Miller (Trumpet player (uncredited)) Tommie Moore (Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Florence O'Brien (Gabe Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend...) Henry Phace Roberts ((uncredited)) Ned Stanfield (One of the Shadracks (uncredited)) Nick Stewart (Cousin Jake (uncredited)) Emmett 'Babe' Wallace (Chick Bailey (uncredited)) Ernest Whitman (Jim Europe (uncredited)) |
Dancing great Bill 'Williamson' sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to "settle down." Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
