8/14/21 O&A NYC IT’S SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Cab Calloway’s Jitterbug Party (1935)


Cab Calloway’s Jitterbug Party (1935) is a musical short film released by Paramount Pictures (later sold to U.M. & M. TV Corporation).

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.

Cab Calloway’s Jitterbug Party (1935)

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