Trailer
Cast
Butterfly McQueen
Lily
Ruby Dandridge
Mrs. Kelso
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
Georgia Brown
Juanita Moore
Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Oscar Polk
The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
First Idea Man
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
Domino Johnson
Joel Fluellen
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Ethel Waters
Petunia Jackson
William Gillespie
Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)
Glenn Leedy
Boy in Church (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Jim Henry
Clinton Rosemond
Doctor (uncredited)
Willie Best
Second Idea Man
Nick Stewart
Dude
Amanda Randolph
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington (uncredited)
Suzette Harbin
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Louis Armstrong
The Trumpeter
Archie Savage
Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Rex Ingram
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Juano Hernández
Neighbor (uncredited)