Lena Horne

Selina Rogers

Bill Robinson

Bill Williamson

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham

Fats Waller

'Fats' Waller

Fayard Nicholas

Dancer

Harold Nicholas

Dancer

Ada Brown

Singer

Dooley Wilson

Gabe Tucker

Doris Ake

Dancer (uncredited)

Juliette Ball

Dancer (uncredited)

Lucille Battle

Dancer (uncredited)

Matthew Beard

Stagehand (uncredited)

Talley Beatty

Dancer (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Anise Boyer

Singer (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner

Band Member (uncredited)

Judy Carol

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Benny Carter

Trumpeter (uncredited)

Janet Collins

Dancer (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

Dancer (uncredited)

Robert Felder

Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

Dancer (uncredited)

Ruby Golden

Fat Girl (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

Dancer (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway

Dancer (uncredited)

Charles Hawkins

Dancer (uncredited)

Coleman Hawkins

Saxophonist (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon

Dancer (uncredited)

Johnny Horace

Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Illinois Jacquet

Band Member (uncredited)

Mae E. Johnson

May Johnson (uncredited)

Jo Jones

Drummer (uncredited)

Johnny Lee

Lyles (uncredited)

Jeni Le Gon

Dancer (uncredited)

Rosalie Lincoln

Dancer (uncredited)

F.E. Miller

Skit (uncredited)

Taps Miller

Trumpeter (uncredited)

Millie Monroe

Dancer (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

Dancer / Nightclub Patron

Florence O'Brien

Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts

Dancer (uncredited)

Ruth Scott

Dancer (uncredited)

Zutty Singleton

Band Member (uncredited)

Ned Stanfield

Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Nick Stewart

Cousin Jake (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas

Dancer (uncredited)

Lena Torrence

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Emmett 'Babe' Wallace

Chick Bailey (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

Jim Europe (uncredited)

Artie Young

Dancer (uncredited)