| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Albert Lewis | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
 Arthur Freed | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Cedric Gibbons | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
 Douglas Shearer | Crew | Sound | Sound Director |
 Duke Ellington | Crew | Sound | Music |
 E.Y. Harburg | Crew | Writing | Lyricist |
 Edwin B. Willis | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
 George Bassman | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 George Stoll | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Hall Johnson | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Harold Arlen | Crew | Sound | Songs |
Harold F. Kress | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Irene | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Supervisor |
Joseph Schrank | Crew | Writing | Screenplay |
Lynn Root | Crew | Writing | Novel |
 Marc Connelly | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Roger Edens | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Sidney Wagner | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Vernon Duke | Crew | Sound | Songs |
 Vincente Minnelli | Crew | Directing | Director |
John La Touche | Crew | Writing | Lyricist |
Mercer Ellington | Crew | Sound | Music |
Ford Dabney | Crew | Sound | Songs |
Cecil Mack | Crew | Writing | Lyricist |
Amanda Randolph | Cast | Actress | Churchgoer (uncredited) |
 Archie Savage | Cast | Actor | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
Artie Young | Cast | Actress | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) |
Avanelle Harris | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Bill Bailey | Cast | Actor | Bill |
Bobby Johnson | Cast | Actor | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) |
 Butterfly McQueen | Cast | Actress | Lily |
 Clinton Rosemond | Cast | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) |
Daisy Bufford | Cast | Actress | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
Duke Ellington | Cast | Actor | Duke Ellington (uncredited) |
 Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Cast | Actor | Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson |
 Ernest Whitman | Cast | Actor | Jim Henry |
Ernestine Wade | Cast | Churchgoer (uncredited) | |
 Ethel Waters | Cast | Actress | Petunia Jackson |
Fletcher Rivers | Cast | Third Idea Man | |
 Florence O'Brien | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Ford Washington Lee | Cast | Messenger Boy | |
 Glenn Leedy | Cast | Boy in Church (uncredited) | |
 Joel Fluellen | Cast | Actor | Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
 John 'Bubbles' Sublett | Cast | Actor | Domino Johnson |
Johnny Thomas | Cast | Actor | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
 Juanita Moore | Cast | Actress | Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited) |
 Kenneth Spencer | Cast | Actor | The General / Rev. Greene |
 Lena Horne | Cast | Actress | Georgia Brown |
Lennie Bluett | Cast | Actor | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
Leon James Poke | Cast | Fourth Idea Man | |
 Louis Armstrong | Cast | Actor | The Trumpeter |
Louise Franklin | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Maggie Hathaway | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
 Mantan Moreland | Cast | Actor | First Idea Man |
Meade 'Lux' Lewis | Cast | Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited) | |
Neva Peoples | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited) | |
 Oscar Polk | Cast | Actor | The Deacon / Fleetfoot |
 Rex Ingram | Cast | Actor | Lucius / Lucifer Jr. |
Rita Christiani | Cast | Actress | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited) |
Ruby Dandridge | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Kelso |
 Suzette Harbin | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Tommie Moore | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
 Vivian Dandridge | Cast | Actress | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
 William Gillespie | Cast | Actor | Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) |
 Willie Best | Cast | Actor | Second Idea Man |
Dorothea Durham | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
 Nick Stewart | Cast | Actor | Dude |
Louise Ritchie | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Doris Ake | Cast | Actress | Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited) |
Juliette Ball | Cast | Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Kathleen Hartsfield | Cast | Actress | Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited) |
Cleo Herndon | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Jieno Moxzer | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Byron Ellis | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Curry Lee Calmes | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Bernard Bradley | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Jules Adger | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
June Decuire | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Lawaune Ingram | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
Henry Phace Roberts | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Carmencita Romero | Cast | Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited) | |
Edward C. Short | Cast | Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) | |
Arthur Walker | Cast | Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited) | |
Jas. Burch | Cast | Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
