Lena Horne as Selina Rogers

Bill Robinson as Bill Williamson

Cab Calloway as Cab Calloway

Katherine Dunham as Katherine Dunham

Fats Waller as 'Fats' Waller

Fayard Nicholas as Dancer

Harold Nicholas as Dancer

Ada Brown as Singer

Dooley Wilson as Gabe Tucker

Doris Ake as Dancer (uncredited)

Juliette Ball as Dancer (uncredited)

Lucille Battle as Dancer (uncredited)

Matthew Beard as Stagehand (uncredited)

Talley Beatty as Dancer (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Anise Boyer as Singer (uncredited)

Teddy Buckner as Band Member (uncredited)

Judy Carol as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Benny Carter as Trumpeter (uncredited)

Janet Collins as Dancer (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge as Dancer (uncredited)

Robert Felder as Cab Calloway, Jr. (uncredited)

Louise Franklin as Dancer (uncredited)

Ruby Golden as Fat Girl (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin as Dancer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris as Dancer (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield as Hatcheck Girl / Dancer (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway as Dancer (uncredited)

Charles Hawkins as Dancer (uncredited)

Coleman Hawkins as Saxophonist (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon as Dancer (uncredited)

Johnny Horace as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Illinois Jacquet as Band Member (uncredited)

Mae E. Johnson as May Johnson (uncredited)

Jo Jones as Drummer (uncredited)

Johnny Lee as Lyles (uncredited)

Jeni Le Gon as Dancer (uncredited)

Rosalie Lincoln as Dancer (uncredited)

F.E. Miller as Skit (uncredited)

Taps Miller as Trumpeter (uncredited)

Millie Monroe as Dancer (uncredited)

Tommie Moore as Dancer / Nightclub Patron

Florence O'Brien as Tucker's Gold-Digging Girlfriend (uncredited)

Neva Peoples as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts as Dancer (uncredited)

Ruth Scott as Dancer (uncredited)

Zutty Singleton as Band Member (uncredited)

Ned Stanfield as Member The Shadracks (uncredited)

Nick Stewart as Cousin Jake (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas as Dancer (uncredited)

Lena Torrence as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Emmett 'Babe' Wallace as Chick Bailey (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman as Jim Europe (uncredited)

Artie Young as Dancer (uncredited)