Cab Calloway

10 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K8 in HD1 with no official release

Also a director: 1 film

Cab Calloway photo

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

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1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Supporting role · Director: John Landis

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

4.0

8 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948)

Leading role · Directors: Cab Calloway & Zulme Calloway

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Smithsonian official HD Streaming

Sources: nmaahc.si.edu (opens in a new tab)

Minnie the Moocher (1942)

Leading role

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Included as extras in Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

Blues in the Night (1942)

Leading role

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Included as extras in Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)

Leading role · Director: William Forest Crouch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Included as extras in Kino Lorber Hi-De-Ho and the Boarding House Blues Blu-ray

Hi-De-Ho (1947)

Leading role · Director: Josh Binney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

Snow-White (1933)

Leading role · Director: Dave Fleischer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Olive Films Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 Blu-ray

3.9

Stormy Weather (1943)

Leading role · Director: Andrew L. Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

3.7

International House (1933)

Supporting role · Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

3.2

1 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

The Big Broadcast (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has 35mm restoration but no home media release

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