78 minutes
7/21/1943
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Lena Horne
as Selina Rogers
Bill Robinson
as Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway
as Cab Calloway
Katherine Dunham
as Katherine Dunham
Fats Waller
as 'Fats' Waller
Fayard Nicholas
as Dancer
Harold Nicholas
as Dancer
Ada Brown
as Singer
Dooley Wilson
as Gabe Tucker
Doris Ake
as Dancer (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
as Dancer (uncredited)
Lucille Battle
as Dancer (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Talley Beatty
as Dancer (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Anise Boyer
as Singer (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
as Band Member (uncredited)
Judy Carol
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Benny Carter
as Trumpeter (uncredited)
Janet Collins
as Dancer (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
as Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Felder
as Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
as Dancer (uncredited)
Ruby Golden
as Fat Girl (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris
as Dancer (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield
as Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
as Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Hawkins
as Dancer (uncredited)
Coleman Hawkins
as Saxophonist (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
as Dancer (uncredited)
Johnny Horace
as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
as Band Member (uncredited)
Mae E. Johnson
as May Johnson (uncredited)
Jo Jones
as Drummer (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
as Lyles (uncredited)
Jeni Le Gon
as Dancer (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln
as Dancer (uncredited)
F.E. Miller
as Skit (uncredited)
Taps Miller
as Trumpeter (uncredited)
Millie Monroe
as Dancer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
as Dancer / Nightclub Patron
Florence O'Brien
as Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
as Dancer (uncredited)
Ruth Scott
as Dancer (uncredited)
Zutty Singleton
as Band Member (uncredited)
Ned Stanfield
as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)
Nick Stewart
as Cousin Jake (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
as Dancer (uncredited)
Lena Torrence
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
as Chick Bailey (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Artie Young
as Dancer (uncredited)