Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Lena Horne

   Selina Rogers

2. 

   Bill Robinson

   Bill Williamson

3. 

   Cab Calloway

   Cab Calloway

4. 

   Katherine Dunham

   Katherine Dunham

5. 

   Fats Waller

   'Fats' Waller

6. 

   Fayard Nicholas

   Dancer

7. 

   Harold Nicholas

   Dancer

8. 

   Ada Brown

   Singer

9. 

   Dooley Wilson

   Gabe Tucker

10. 

    Doris Ake

    Dancer (uncredited)

11. 

    Juliette Ball

    Dancer (uncredited)

12. 

    Lucille Battle

    Dancer (uncredited)

13. 

    Matthew Beard

    Stagehand (uncredited)

14. 

    Talley Beatty

    Dancer (uncredited)

15. 

    Lennie Bluett

    Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

16. 

    Anise Boyer

    Singer (uncredited)

17. 

    Teddy Buckner

    Band Member (uncredited)

18. 

    Judy Carol

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

19. 

    Benny Carter

    Trumpeter (uncredited)

20. 

    Janet Collins

    Dancer (uncredited)

21. 

    Vivian Dandridge

    Dancer (uncredited)

22. 

    Robert Felder

    Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)

23. 

    Louise Franklin

    Dancer (uncredited)

24. 

    Ruby Golden

    Fat Girl (uncredited)

25. 

    Suzette Harbin

    Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

26. 

    Avanelle Harris

    Dancer (uncredited)

27. 

    Kathleen Hartsfield

    Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)

28. 

    Maggie Hathaway

    Dancer (uncredited)

29. 

    Charles Hawkins

    Dancer (uncredited)

30. 

    Coleman Hawkins

    Saxophonist (uncredited)

31. 

    Cleo Herndon

    Dancer (uncredited)

32. 

    Johnny Horace

    Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

33. 

    Illinois Jacquet

    Band Member (uncredited)

34. 

    Mae E. Johnson

    May Johnson (uncredited)

35. 

    Jo Jones

    Drummer (uncredited)

36. 

    Johnny Lee

    Lyles (uncredited)

37. 

    Jeni Le Gon

    Dancer (uncredited)

38. 

    Rosalie Lincoln

    Dancer (uncredited)

39. 

    F.E. Miller

    Skit (uncredited)

40. 

    Taps Miller

    Trumpeter (uncredited)

41. 

    Millie Monroe

    Dancer (uncredited)

42. 

    Tommie Moore

    Dancer / Nightclub Patron

43. 

    Florence O'Brien

    Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)

44. 

    Neva Peoples

    Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

45. 

    Henry Phace Roberts

    Dancer (uncredited)

46. 

    Ruth Scott

    Dancer (uncredited)

47. 

    Zutty Singleton

    Band Member (uncredited)

48. 

    Ned Stanfield

    Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

49. 

    Nick Stewart

    Cousin Jake (uncredited)

50. 

    Johnny Thomas

    Dancer (uncredited)

51. 

    Lena Torrence

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

52. 

    Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

    Chick Bailey (uncredited)

53. 

    Ernest Whitman

    Jim Europe (uncredited)

54. 

    Artie Young

    Dancer (uncredited)