Hi-De-Ho (1947 film) Hi-De-Ho (1947 film) Hi De Ho (also known as Hi-De-Ho) is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Josh Binney that was released by All American Entertainment and had an African-American cast. The film stars Cab Calloway. He performs a number of songs in the film, including a capella versions of "Minnie was a Hep Cat" and "St. James Infirmary" with his orchestra. The orchestra also provides incidental music for the other performers. Featured in the movie are the singers the Peters Sisters and the tap dancers Miller Brothers and Lois. Cab Calloway is an up and coming jazz
Heigh-Ho version of the song can be heard when Mrs. Travers is being given a tour of the studio. The TV series "The Electric Company" parodied the song twice, both in Snow White related skits; in one, "Snow Ball and the Six Dwarfs", the dwarfs (five of whom have "ly" adverbial names and the sixth is called "Doc") enter singing "Ho-Hi, Ho-Hi". Another, a "director" skit in which the Director is trying to direct a movie called "Snow White and the Three Dwarfs", the dwarfs sing "Heigh-Ho" as an introduction song used to start the show and introduce the dwarfs (Happy