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Caldonia (1945) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1945 · 18 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Forest Crouch
- Starring
- Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Doc Cheatham, Milt Hinton, Nicky O'Daniel, Taylor and Harris
Louis Jordan and his band perform the hit title track “Caldonia” along with “Honey Child,” “Tillie,” and “Buzz Me,” delighting mid‑1940s jitter‑buggers, zoot‑suiters and bobby‑soxers. The musical numbers are set against a thin plot that humorously portrays the challenges of staging a production in Harlem.
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