Cast

Lena Horne
Selina Rogers

Bill Robinson
Bill Williamson

Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway

Katherine Dunham
Katherine Dunham

Fats Waller
'Fats' Waller

Fayard Nicholas
Dancer

Harold Nicholas
Dancer

Ada Brown
Singer

Dooley Wilson
Gabe Tucker
Doris Ake
Dancer (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Dancer (uncredited)
Lucille Battle
Dancer (uncredited)

Matthew Beard
Stagehand (uncredited)
Talley Beatty
Dancer (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Anise Boyer
Singer (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner
Band Member (uncredited)
Judy Carol
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Benny Carter
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Janet Collins
Dancer (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge
Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Felder
Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Dancer (uncredited)
Ruby Golden
Fat Girl (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris
Dancer (uncredited)
Kathleen Hartsfield
Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)
Maggie Hathaway
Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Hawkins
Dancer (uncredited)
Coleman Hawkins
Saxophonist (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
Dancer (uncredited)
Johnny Horace
Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Illinois Jacquet
Band Member (uncredited)
Mae E. Johnson
May Johnson (uncredited)

Jo Jones
Drummer (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
Lyles (uncredited)

Jeni Le Gon
Dancer (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln
Dancer (uncredited)

F.E. Miller
Skit (uncredited)
Taps Miller
Trumpeter (uncredited)

Millie Monroe
Dancer (uncredited)
Tommie Moore
Dancer / Nightclub Patron

Florence O'Brien
Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)
Neva Peoples
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Henry Phace Roberts
Dancer (uncredited)
Ruth Scott
Dancer (uncredited)
Zutty Singleton
Band Member (uncredited)
Ned Stanfield
Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Nick Stewart
Cousin Jake (uncredited)
Johnny Thomas
Dancer (uncredited)
Lena Torrence
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Emmett 'Babe' Wallace
Chick Bailey (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Artie Young
Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
Andrew L. Stone
Director
(Directing)
James B. Clark
Editor
(Editing)

Cyril J. Mockridge
Music
(Sound)
William LeBaron
Producer
(Production)

Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Ted Koehler
Screenplay
(Writing)
Frederick J. Jackson
Screenplay
(Writing)
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
(Art)

Helen Rose
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
James Basevi
Art Direction
(Art)
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
(Art)
Jerry Horwin
Original Story
(Writing)
Seymour B. Robinson
Original Story
(Writing)
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
(Art)
H.S. Kraft
Adaptation
(Writing)