Caldonia

Caldonia

18 mins | Music | Aug. 1, 1945

Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.

Caldonia

18 mins | Music | Aug. 1, 1945

Caldonia
Louis Jordan, with his band, sings and performs the title song, "Caldonia,", and "Honey Child," "Tillie" and 'Buzz Me", wowing the jitter-buggers, zoot suits and bobby-soxers of the mid-1940s, all built around a wisp of a plot dealing with the difficulties of production in Harlem.
Producers
Original title Caldonia
Directors William Forest Crouch
Writers

Cast

Louis Jordan

as Himself

Cab Calloway

as Himself

Doc Cheatham

as Doc

Milt Hinton

as Milt

Nicky O'Daniel

as Caldonia

The Three Sun Tan Girls

as Themselves

Taylor and Harris

as Themselves