Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party
Directed by Fred Waller
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Written by Milton Hockey
Fred Rath
Starring Cab Calloway
Music by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
1935 (1935)
Running time
8 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party is a 1935 American musical short film which was released by Paramount Pictures (later sold to U.M. & M. TV Corporation). On 13 February 2001, the film was reissued by Kino International in the DVD collection The Best of Jazz and Blues (Hollywood Rhythm Volume 1).

In the film, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz and 'Long About Midnight at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York before going to a house party and performing Jitter Bug. In the final sequence, a young Lena Horne can be seen dancing.

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