Filmmakers
Above the lineAR
Director
Allen Reisner
TS
Screenplay
Ted Sherdeman
Writer
RS
Screenplay
Robert Smith
Writer
HB
Cinematography
Haskell B. Boggs
EW
Editing
Eda Warren
Editor
NR
Music
Nelson Riddle
WH
Music
W.C. Handy
EH
Costume Design
Edith Head
Cast
14NC
Nat King Cole
W.C. Handy
EK
Eartha Kitt
Gogo Germaine
CC
Cab Calloway
Blade
EF
Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
MJ
Mahalia Jackson
Bessie May
RD
Ruby Dee
Elizabeth
JH
Juano Hernández
Rev. Charles Handy
TB
Teddy Buckner
Musician
BB
Barney Bigard
Musician
GC
George 'Red' Callender
Musician
LY
Lee Young
Musician
GW
George Washington
Musician
BP
Billy Preston
Will Handy as a Boy
PB
Pearl Bailey
Aunt Hagar
Departments
12Production
- Robert SmithProducer
Sound
- W.C. HandySongs
Art
- Roland AndersonArt Direction
- Hal PereiraArt Direction
- Robert R. BentonSet Decoration
- Sam ComerSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Nellie ManleyHair Designer
- Wally WestmoreMakeup Designer
Writing
- Spencer WilliamsLyricist
- Mack DavidLyricist
- Martha KoenigLyricist
- Mercedes GilbertLyricist