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 | |
Bill Robinson | Bill Williamson | Unowned | |
Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway | Unowned | |
Katherine Dunham | Katherine Dunham | Unowned | |
Fats Waller | 'Fats' Waller | Unowned | |
Fayard Nicholas | Dancer | Unowned | |
Harold Nicholas | Dancer | Unowned | |
Ada Brown | Singer | Unowned | |
Dooley Wilson | Gabe Tucker | Unowned | |
Doris Ake | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Juliette Ball | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Lucille Battle | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Matthew Beard | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Talley Beatty | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Lennie Bluett | Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Anise Boyer | Singer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Teddy Buckner | Band Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Judy Carol | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Benny Carter | Trumpeter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Janet Collins | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Vivian Dandridge | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Robert Felder | Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Louise Franklin | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Ruby Golden | Fat Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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 | |
Coleman Hawkins | Saxophonist (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Cleo Herndon | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Johnny Horace | Member The Shadracks (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Illinois Jacquet | Band Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Mae E. Johnson | May Johnson (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jo Jones | Drummer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Johnny Lee | Lyles (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Jeni Le Gon | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Rosalie Lincoln | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
F.E. Miller | Skit (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Taps Miller | Trumpeter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Millie Monroe | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Tommie Moore | Dancer / Nightclub Patron | Unowned | |
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 | |
Nick Stewart | Cousin Jake (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Johnny Thomas | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Lena Torrence | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace | Chick Bailey (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Ernest Whitman | Jim Europe (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Artie Young | Dancer (uncredited) | Unowned |