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
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)