
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

as Selina Rogers

as Bill Williamson

as Cab Calloway

as Katherine Dunham

as 'Fats' Waller

as Dancer

as Dancer

as Singer

as Gabe Tucker

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Stagehand (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

as Singer (uncredited)

as Band Member (uncredited)

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

as Trumpeter (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Fat Girl (uncredited)

as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Saxophonist (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

as Band Member (uncredited)

as May Johnson (uncredited)

as Drummer (uncredited)

as Lyles (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Skit (uncredited)

as Trumpeter (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer / Nightclub Patron

as Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)

as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Band Member (uncredited)

as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

as Cousin Jake (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

as Chick Bailey (uncredited)

as Jim Europe (uncredited)

as Dancer (uncredited)