They Set Basin Street to Broadway Ablaze With Sizzling Songs and Hot Rhythm!
6.9
78 min
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lena Horne | Selina Rogers | Unowned |
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Bill Robinson | Bill Williamson | Unowned |
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Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway | Unowned |
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Katherine Dunham | Katherine Dunham | Unowned |
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Fats Waller | 'Fats' Waller | Unowned |
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Fayard Nicholas | Dancer | Unowned |
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Harold Nicholas | Dancer | Unowned |
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Ada Brown | Singer | Unowned |
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Dooley Wilson | Gabe Tucker | Unowned |
| Doris Ake | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Juliette Ball | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Lucille Battle | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Matthew Beard | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Talley Beatty | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Lennie Bluett | Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Anise Boyer | Singer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Teddy Buckner | Band Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Judy Carol | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Benny Carter | Trumpeter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Janet Collins | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Vivian Dandridge | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Robert Felder | Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Louise Franklin | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ruby Golden | Fat Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Suzette Harbin | Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Avanelle Harris | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Kathleen Hartsfield | Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Maggie Hathaway | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Charles Hawkins | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Coleman Hawkins | Saxophonist (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Cleo Herndon | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Johnny Horace | Member The Shadracks (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Illinois Jacquet | Band Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Mae E. Johnson | May Johnson (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Jo Jones | Drummer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Johnny Lee | Lyles (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Jeni Le Gon | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Rosalie Lincoln | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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F.E. Miller | Skit (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Taps Miller | Trumpeter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Millie Monroe | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Tommie Moore | Dancer / Nightclub Patron | Unowned | |
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Florence O'Brien | Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Neva Peoples | Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Henry Phace Roberts | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ruth Scott | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Zutty Singleton | Band Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ned Stanfield | Member The Shadracks (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Nick Stewart | Cousin Jake (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Johnny Thomas | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Lena Torrence | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Emmett 'Babe' Wallace | Chick Bailey (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Ernest Whitman | Jim Europe (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Artie Young | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |