Hi-De-Ho / Boardinghouse Blues Olive Films unaware of its shocking history

unaware of its shocking history

Sammo Hung and Zhang Ziyi

Keith Phipps and Justin LaLiberty

a documentary from 1985 about the author

Audio commentary with film historian and writer David Kalat

Hi-De-Ho / Boardinghouse Blues Olive Films unaware of its shocking historyWith his trademark scat singing and energetic performance style, jazz legend Cab Calloway (The Blues Brothers) stars in Hi De Ho as a bandleader who contends with a jealous girlfriend and gangland thugs in his rise to fame. In Boarding House Blues, Moms Mabely stars as the owner of a lodging house for touring musicians, with Dusty Fletcher her most troublesome tenant. Black cast films originated as bare bones productions manufactured to satisfy the