The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Lena Horne
Selina Rogers
Bill Robinson
Bill Williamson
Cab Calloway
Katherine Dunham
Fats Waller
'Fats' Waller
Fayard Nicholas
Dancer
Harold Nicholas
Ada Brown
Singer
Dooley Wilson
Gabe Tucker
Doris Ake
Dancer (uncredited)
Juliette Ball
Lucille Battle
Matthew Beard
Stagehand (uncredited)
Talley Beatty
Lennie Bluett
Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)